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Depressive Symptoms and Deliberate Self-Harm in a Community Sample of Adolescents: A Prospective Study

Lars-Gunnar Lundh ORCID Margit Wångby-Lundh My Paaske Stina Ingesson Jonas Bjärehed ORCID
Depression Research and Treatment Vol. 2011 pp. 1-11 · Wiley
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Abstract
The associations between depressive symptoms and deliberate self-harm were studied by means of a 2-wave longitudinal design in a community sample of 1052 young adolescents, with longitudinal data for 83.6% of the sample. Evidence was found for a bidirectional relationship in girls, with depressive symptoms being a risk factor for increased self-harm one year later and self-harm a risk factor for increased depressive symptoms. Cluster analysis of profiles of depressive symptoms led to the identification of two clusters with clear depressive profiles (one severe, the other mild/moderate) which were both characterized by an overrepresentation of girls and elevated levels of self-harm. Clusters with more circumscribed problems were also identified; of these, significantly increased levels of self-harm were found in a cluster characterized by negative self-image and in a cluster characterized by dysphoric relations to parents. It is suggested that self-harm serves more to regulate negative self-related feelings than sadness.
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Jan 01, 2011
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2011
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Lars-Gunnar Lundh

Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

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Margit Wångby-Lundh

Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

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My Paaske

Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

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Stina Ingesson

Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

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Jonas Bjärehed

Department of Psychology, Lund University, Box 213, 221 00 Lund, Sweden

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Lars-Gunnar Lundh, Margit Wångby-Lundh, My Paaske, et al. (2011). Depressive Symptoms and Deliberate Self-Harm in a Community Sample of Adolescents: A Prospective Study. Depression Research and Treatment, 2011, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/935871