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The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study
| العنوان: | The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study |
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| المؤلفون: | Pitman, A, Lowther, M, Pike, A, Davies, J, de Cates, A, Buckman, JEJ, Robinson, O |
| بيانات النشر: | Cambridge University Press |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) |
| الوصف: | Objective: To test the hypothesis that exposure to peer self-harm induces adolescents’ urges to self-harm and that this is influenced by individual suggestibility. Methods: We recruited 97 UK-based adults aged 18–25 years with a recent history of self-harm, measuring baseline suggestibility (Resistance to Peer Influence; RPI) and perceived ability to control urges to self-harm (using an adapted item from the Self-Efficacy to Resist Suicidal Action scale; SEASA) before and after two self-harm vignettes featuring named peers from the participant’s social network (to simulate exposure to peer non-suicidal self-harm) and after a wash-out exposure. We used paired t-tests to compare mean SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure, and linear regression to test for an association between RPI and change in SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure. Results: Perceived ability to control urges to self-harm was significantly reduced following exposure to peer self-harm (t(96) = 4.02, p < 0.001, mean difference = 0.61; 95% CI = 0.31, 0.91), but was not significantly different from baseline after exposure to a wash-out. We found no association between suggestibility and change in urges to self-harm after exposure to peer self-harm. Conclusion: Our findings support social influences on self-harm in a sample of young adults, regardless of their individual degree of suggestibility. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9c1e7eab-1181-4b22-ab86-66681413e631; https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2023.51 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/neu.2023.51 |
| الاتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2023.51 https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9c1e7eab-1181-4b22-ab86-66681413e631 |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; CC Attribution (CC BY) |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.83E3C2B1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1017/neu.2023.51 |
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