Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students
BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an important health problem among adolescents and young adults. The aims of this study were to determine NNSI status and its associated factors among students.MethodThis cross-sectional study has been conducted in 4715 high school and university students...
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| author | Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo Behnam Khodadoust Davoud Adham Ali Gholami Ali Gholami Roya Farokhi Vahid Maghsodlou-Nejad Sima Afrashteh |
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| description | BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an important health problem among adolescents and young adults. The aims of this study were to determine NNSI status and its associated factors among students.MethodThis cross-sectional study has been conducted in 4715 high school and university students from the West and Northwest provinces of Iran. Multi-stage sampling was used to select students and all students completed survey questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, binary and logistic regression.ResultThe lifetime prevalence of NSSI was estimated as 24.4% among all participants (21.4% in high school students vs. 29.3% in university students). After adjustment for other factors, age (OR=1.08,95%CI:1.03-1.12), cigarette smoking as an experimenter (OR=1.94,95%CI:1.61-2.34) and regular (OR=3.80,95%CI:2.96-4.89) compared to nonsmokers, membership in a sport team (OR = 1.26,95%CI:1.08-1.48), having physical fight (OR = 2.18,95%CI:1.85-2.57), doing general risk taking behavior (OR = 2.05,95%CI:1.66-2.53), and self-esteem (OR=0.93,95%CI:0.92-0.95) were associated with experience of NSSI.ConclusionOur results suggested that the prevalence of NSSI was relatively high among high school and university students. To diagnose, prevent, and treat NSSI in teenagers and young adults in Iran, more research is needed to identify the root causes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-728416b179e543ca9f2641d907a77e3e2025-08-20T02:17:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402024-10-011510.3389/fpsyt.2024.14254111425411Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university studentsAbbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo0Behnam Khodadoust1Davoud Adham2Ali Gholami3Ali Gholami4Roya Farokhi5Vahid Maghsodlou-Nejad6Sima Afrashteh7Department of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, IranDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranDepartment of Public Health, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, IranNon communicable Diseases Research Centre, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, IranDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Neyshabur University of Medical Sciences, Neyshabur, IranDepartment of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IranDepartment of Epidemiology, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, IranDepartment of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, IranBackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is an important health problem among adolescents and young adults. The aims of this study were to determine NNSI status and its associated factors among students.MethodThis cross-sectional study has been conducted in 4715 high school and university students from the West and Northwest provinces of Iran. Multi-stage sampling was used to select students and all students completed survey questionnaires. Data analysis was performed using chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, binary and logistic regression.ResultThe lifetime prevalence of NSSI was estimated as 24.4% among all participants (21.4% in high school students vs. 29.3% in university students). After adjustment for other factors, age (OR=1.08,95%CI:1.03-1.12), cigarette smoking as an experimenter (OR=1.94,95%CI:1.61-2.34) and regular (OR=3.80,95%CI:2.96-4.89) compared to nonsmokers, membership in a sport team (OR = 1.26,95%CI:1.08-1.48), having physical fight (OR = 2.18,95%CI:1.85-2.57), doing general risk taking behavior (OR = 2.05,95%CI:1.66-2.53), and self-esteem (OR=0.93,95%CI:0.92-0.95) were associated with experience of NSSI.ConclusionOur results suggested that the prevalence of NSSI was relatively high among high school and university students. To diagnose, prevent, and treat NSSI in teenagers and young adults in Iran, more research is needed to identify the root causes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1425411/fullnon-suicidal self-injuryhigh school studentsuniversity studentsprevalenceIran |
| spellingShingle | Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo Behnam Khodadoust Davoud Adham Ali Gholami Ali Gholami Roya Farokhi Vahid Maghsodlou-Nejad Sima Afrashteh Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students Frontiers in Psychiatry non-suicidal self-injury high school students university students prevalence Iran |
| title | Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students |
| title_full | Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students |
| title_fullStr | Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students |
| title_short | Non-suicidal self-injury and its risk factors among Iranian high school and university students |
| title_sort | non suicidal self injury and its risk factors among iranian high school and university students |
| topic | non-suicidal self-injury high school students university students prevalence Iran |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1425411/full |
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