From: Adolescent self-harm and suicidal thoughts in the ALSPAC cohort: a self-report survey in England
N (% of those who have ever self-harmed) | ||||||
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Males (n = 180) | Females (n = 725) | TOTAL (n = 905) | χ2 | p-value | ||
Ever seriously wanted to kill self during self-harm act1 | Yes | 54 (30.3) | 222 (31.0) | 276 (30.9) | 0.03 | 0.863 |
No | 124 (70.0) | 494 (69.0) | 618 (69.1) | |||
Timing of most recent episode2 | Within the past week | 12 (6.8) | 58 (8.1) | 70 (7.8) | 0.4 | 0.799 |
More than a week but within a year | 93 (52.8) | 364 (50.6) | 457 (51.1) | |||
More than one year ago | 71 (40.3) | 297 (41.3) | 368 (41.1) | |||
What they did (most recent time)3 | Swallowed pills only | 1 (0.6) | 36 (5.0) | 37 (4.1) | 46.6 | <0.001 |
Self-cut only | 105 (58.7) | 475 (65.7) | 580 (64.1) | |||
Burnt themselves only | 7 (3.9) | 10 (1.4) | 17 (1.9) | |||
Self-battery only | 33 (18.4) | 42 (5.8) | 75 (8.3) | |||
Other single method7 | 3 (1.7) | 7 (1.0) | 10 (1.1) | |||
Cut and overdose | 4 (2.2) | 49 (6.8) | 53 (5.9) | |||
Cut and self-battery | 5 (2.8) | 27 (3.7) | 32 (3.5) | |||
Other multiple method8 | 22 (12.2) | 79 (10.9) | 98 (10.9) | |||
Sought medical help (most recent time)4 | Yes | 19 (10.6) | 93 (12.8) | 112 (12.4) | 0.6 | 0.456 |
No | 161 (89.4) | 632 (87.2) | 793 (87.6) | |||
Frequency of self-harm in the last year5 | Once | 25 (23.8) | 97 (23.1) | 122 (23.2) | 3.1 | 0.377 |
2-5 times | 48 (45.1) | 171 (40.7) | 219 (41.7) | |||
6-10 times | 9 (8.6) | 60 (14.3) | 69 (13.1) | |||
More than 10 times | 23 (21.9) | 92 (21.9) | 115 (21.9) | |||
How they felt after the most recent episode of self-harm)6 | Better than before | 77 (44.0) | 366 (50.8) | 443 (49.4) | 16.5 | <0.001 |
The same | 79 (45.1) | 217 (30.1) | 296 (33.0) | |||
Worse than before | 19 (10.9) | 138 (19.1) | 157 (17.5) |