Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students
Non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI), which refers to the direct and deliberate, self-inflicted damage of one’s body tissue without suicidal intent (e.g., scratching or hitting oneself), poses a public health problem among adolescents and emerging adults. This thesis provides a better understanding about...
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| author | Kiekens, Glenn |
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| description | Non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI), which refers to the direct and deliberate, self-inflicted damage of one’s body tissue without suicidal intent (e.g., scratching or hitting oneself), poses a public health problem among adolescents and emerging adults. This thesis provides a better understanding about: (1) the prevalence of NSSI during the college period, (2) the relationship with later mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviours, (3) the risk factors that predict NSSI among college |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-796652020-06-16T02:14:54Z Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students Kiekens, Glenn Non-suicidal-self-injury (NSSI), which refers to the direct and deliberate, self-inflicted damage of one’s body tissue without suicidal intent (e.g., scratching or hitting oneself), poses a public health problem among adolescents and emerging adults. This thesis provides a better understanding about: (1) the prevalence of NSSI during the college period, (2) the relationship with later mental disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviours, (3) the risk factors that predict NSSI among college 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79665 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kiekens, Glenn Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title | Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title_full | Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title_fullStr | Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title_short | Towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| title_sort | towards a better understanding on non-suicidal self-injury among college students |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79665 |