Adverse childhood experiences as a risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury and suicide attempts in forensic psychiatric patients

Table 3 File-reported adverse childhood experiences in forensic psychiatric patients with or without NSSI and suicide attempts

ACE	NSSI (n = 56)			X²	p	CI	OR
	No	Yes	Expected yes-count
Parental alcohol abuse	10	24	20	2.97	.085	0.891–5.31	2.18
Parental substance abuse	12	33	26.5	7.31	.007	1.36–7.66	3.23
Parental mental health issues	11	30	24.2	6.03	.014	1.23–7.03	2.94
Parent(s) absent	15	24	23	0.18	.668	0.521–2.76	1.20
Witnessed violence	13	28	24.2	2.60	.107	0.857–4.67	2.00
Physically abused	17	37	31.8	4.74	.030	1.09–5.84	2.52
Sexually abused	10	15	14.7	0.015	.901	0.418–2.69	1.06
Bullied during childhood	15	34	28.9	4.56	.033	1.07–5.72	1.47
ACE	Suicide attempts (n = 57)			X²	P	CI	OR
	No	Yes	Expected yes-count
Parental alcohol abuse	10	25	20.8	3.32	.069	0.931–5.51	2.27
Parental substance abuse	13	33	27.3	5.60	.018	1.18–6.42	2.75
Parental mental health issues	13	28	24.3	2.36	.125	0.830–4.49	1.93
Parent(s) absent	14	25	23.2	0.609	.435	0.604–3.22	1.40
Witnessed violence	14	27	24.3	1.25	.264	0.697–3.71	1.61
Physically abused	21	34	32.7	0.319	.572	0.557–2.88	1.27
Sexually abused	11	14	14.8	0.160	.690	0.330–2.08	0.829
Bullied during childhood	15	34	29.1	4.16	.041	1.03–5.45	2.37

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