Deliberate self‐harm in 15‐year‐old adolescents: A pilot study with a modified version of the Deliberate Self‐Harm Inventory

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<jats:p>The purpose of the present study was to investigate the rate of deliberate self‐harm in 15‐year‐old Swedish adolescents, gender differences in this behavior, and possible associations with self‐esteem and mindfulness. For this purpose, we developed a simplified version of <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#b1">Gratz's (2001</jats:ext-link>) Deliberate Self‐Harm Inventory (DSHI), and carried out a pilot study with 123 adolescents from three different schools in southern Sweden. The results showed that 65.9% of the adolescents reported having engaged in some kind of deliberate self‐harm at least once; 41.5% reported at least one kind of self‐harm more than once; and 13.8% reported at least one kind of deliberate self‐harm behavior “many times”. Although there were no overall gender differences in self‐harm, the girls reported significantly more of cutting wrists, arms and other body areas than the boys. High rates of deliberate self‐harm were associated with low self‐esteem and low mindfulness.</jats:p>

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