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Table 4 Concurrent Predictive Validity of the Two Latent NSSI Motives: Multinomial Regression Analyses Among Girls

From: Functions of nonsuicidal self-injury in a Hungarian community adolescent sample: a psychometric investigation

 

Less than 10 times

10 times or more

 

Type of self-injury

Intrapersonal motives#

Interpersonal motives#

Intrapersonal motives#

Interpersonal motives#

R2

Cutting

2.01

[1.32-3.06]***

1.40

[0.97-2.02]

8.37

[4.54-15.44]***

1.51

[0.91-2.50]

30.5%

Biting

1.83

[1.21-2.76]**

1.02

[0.67-1.54]

3.01

[1.89-4.79]***

1.47

[0.94-2.32]

13.2%

Burning

2.11

[1.29-3.44]**

1.02

[0.62-1.68]

3.99

[1.96-8.11]***

1.45

[0.74-2.84]

13.2%

Carving

1.29

[0.88-1.90]

1.34

[0.92-1.95]

2.88

[1.62-5.11]***

1.15

[0.64-2.06]

9.9%

Pinching

1.18

[0.76-1.83]

0.87

[0.56-1.35]

1.99

[1.35-2.93]***

0.82

[0.54-1.23]

10.1%

Pulling hair

1.96

[1.13-3.29]*

0.87

[0.49-1.54]

2.59

[1.47-4.58]**

0.81

[0.44-1.48]

10.7%

Severe scratching

2.45

[1.50-4.00]***

1.14

[0.72-1.80]

3.35

[2.18-5.16]***

1.07

[0.71-1.60]

20.3%

Banging or hitting self

1.38

[0.92-2.06]

0.82

[0.55-1.23]

2.33

[1.58-3.44]***

1.22

[0.83-1.79]

10.0%

Interfering with wound healing

0.86

[0.55-1.35]

0.81

[0.51-1.29]

1.14

[0.82-1.60]

1.19

[0.84-1.69]

6.3%

Rubbing skin against rough surface

3.55

[1.81-6.97]***

2.40

[1.27-4.56]**

1.98

[1.17-3.36]*

1.23

[0.72-2.12]

13.4%

Sticking self with needles

1.31

[0.83-2.05]

0.94

[0.59-1.51]

2.01

[1.26-3.21]**

0.90

[0.59-1.59]

5.7%

Swallowing dangerous substances

4.79

[2.00-11.49]***

1.07

[0.44-2.60]

5.65

[1.23-26.01]*

3.21

[0.74-13.90]

21.9%

  1. Odds ratio [95% Confidence interval]. #: Motives were based on factor scores. Age was controlled. R2 is Nagelkerke R.2 Italicized values are significant at p < 0.05. Based on a Bonferroni correction, bold and italicized values are significant at p < 0.002. Reference group is 0 (when the specific type of self-injury is not reported). N = 251