TY - JOUR
AU1 - Rotolone, Cassandra
AU2 - Martin, Graham
AB -  Self-injury represents a common yet perplexing set of behaviors, considered difficult to treat. The current study aimed to identify social and personal resources that may aid in cessation of self-injury. A community sample of 312 participants completed an online questionnaire. In line with Brown and Williams (2007), we compared all self-injurers (current and past) (106, 34%) with those who had never self-injured (206, 66%), and then current (38, 12.2%) with past self-injurers (68, 21.8%). Overall, self-injurers reported significantly lower levels of perceived social support, social connectedness, resilience, self-esteem, and life satisfaction compared to those with no such history. Further analysis indicated that family support, self-esteem, resilience, and satisfaction with life were significantly better for past compared to current self-injurers (at the p < 0.01 level). Logistic regression suggested that self-injurers could be distinguished from non self-injurers on Self-esteem and Social Connectedness. A further logistic regression suggested that past self-injurers could be distinguished from current self-injurers by their level of Resilience. The research has important preventive and clinical implications. 
TI - Giving up Self-Injury: A Comparison of Everyday Social and Personal Resources in Past Versus Current Self-Injurers
JF - Archives of Suicide Research
DO - 10.1080/13811118.2012.667333
DA - 2012-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/giving-up-self-injury-a-comparison-of-everyday-social-and-personal-nD0kpVhZhl
SP - 147
EP - 158
VL - 16
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -