Developing a screening instrument and at-risk profile for nonsuicidal self-injurious behavior in college women and men.

• DOI: 10.1037/a0018206
• Publication Date: 2010-01-20T16:35:58Z
• Authors: Hsiu-Lan Cheng; Brent Mallinckrodt; Johanna Soet; Todd Sevig
• Keywords: Depression

Archival data (N = 1,048 women, 1,136 men) from a mental health survey of college students were used to investigate incidence nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), including cutting. Significant levels (defined as 4-5 lifetime incidents) found in 9.3% women and 5.3% men. The Counseling Center Assessment for Psychological Symptoms (a global symptom inventory) an assessment trauma had been field tested with this sample. We randomly partitioned half these into holdout sample the remainder develop NSSI screening inventory that included (a) 5 women's items, 1 item assess experienced; (b) 11 men's items; (c) 12 items common men depression, dissociation, anger, unwanted thoughts, nightmares or flashbacks, having witnessed trauma. Logistic regression receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis suggested significantly discriminated sample, p < .001. Cutoff scores identified correctly classify about 48% true positive male female cases, false rates 13.2% 8.4% men, respectively.