Direct Self-Injurious Behavior (D-SIB) and Life Events among Vocational School and High School Students

Lili O. Horváth, Maria Balint, Gyongyver Ferenczi-Dallos, Luca Farkas, Julia Gadoros, Dora Gyori, Agnes Kereszteny, Gergely Meszaros, Dora Szentivanyi, Szabina Velo, Marco Sarchiapone, Vladimir Carli, Camilla Wasserman, Christina W. Hoven, Danuta Wasserman and Judit Balazs
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Lili O. Horváth: Doctoral School of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
Maria Balint: Pedagogical Services, Budapest District 12, 1126 Budapest, Hungary
Gyongyver Ferenczi-Dallos: Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Luca Farkas: West Hertfordshire Specialist CAMHS St Albans Clinic, AL3 5TL St Albans, UK
Julia Gadoros: Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Dora Gyori: Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
Agnes Kereszteny: Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
Gergely Meszaros: Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, 1021 Budapest, Hungary
Dora Szentivanyi: Doctoral School of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
Szabina Velo: Doctoral School of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary
Marco Sarchiapone: Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Molise, Italy
Vladimir Carli: Department of Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Molise, Italy
Camilla Wasserman: Global Psychiatric Epidemiology, Columbia University-New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Christina W. Hoven: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Danuta Wasserman: Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Judit Balazs: Institute of Psychology, Eotvos Lorand University, 1075 Budapest, Hungary

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: Although several studies have recently assessed direct self-injurious behavior (D-SIB) among adolescents, it is still understudied in adolescents attending vocational schools: an educational setting generally associated with lower socioeconomic status. After extending the “Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe” (SEYLE) project to a vocational school population, we examined their D-SIB and life event characteristics compared to the high school population. SEYLE’s Hungarian randomly selected high school sample ( N = 995) was completed with a randomly selected vocational school sample ( N = 140) in Budapest, Hungary. Participants aged 14–17 years completed the SEYLE project’s self-administered questionnaires. D-SIB lifetime prevalence was significantly higher (29.4%) in the vocational school group compared to the high school group (17.2%) (Χ 2 (1) = 12.231, p < 0.001). D-SIB was associated with suicidal ideation in the vocational school group. Different life events were more frequent in the high school than in the vocational school group, and associations between D-SIB and life events differed in the vocational school group compared to the high school group. In conclusion, vocational school students are a vulnerable population with a higher prevalence of D-SIB compared to high school students. Life events and their association with D-SIB also differ in vocational school students compared to high school students. Taking all these into account might contribute to prevention/intervention designed for this population.

Keywords: direct self-injurious behavior; D-SIB; self-injury; self-harm; life events; adolescents; SEYLE; depression; anxiety disorders; suicidal behavior; suicide prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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