Sexual assault history and self-destructive behaviors in women college students: Testing the perniciousness of perfectionism in predicting non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors

This cross-sectional study examines the effects of social capital on non-suicidal self-injury and self-injurious behaviors among 632 Greek college students during the current economic crisis. This is a quantitative study which uses a set of normed instruments to measure non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. After controlling for a set of demographic variables, and negative affective states, social capital was not found to have an effect on non-suicidal self-injury or suicidal behaviors ( p > .05). Results suggest that negative affective states such as depression and stress are important factors in the likelihood that students will engage in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. Implications for social work practice and education are discussed.

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Recent Sexual Assault and Suicidal Behaviors in College Students: The Moderating Role of Anger

Journal of College Counseling ◽

10.1002/jocc.12090 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 98-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kristy M. Keefe ◽

Shane Sizemore ◽

Jonathan Hammersley ◽

Naoyuki Sunami

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Sexual Assault ◽

Suicidal Behaviors ◽

Moderating Role

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Sexual Assault and Co-occurrence of Mental Health Outcomes among Female, Male, and Transgender–Gender Nonbinary U.S. College Students

10.31235/osf.io/exhqn ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nicholas J. Parr

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Substance Use ◽

Sexual Assault ◽

Latent Class ◽

Suicide Ideation ◽

Risk Exposure ◽

Self Injury ◽

Increased Risk ◽

College Setting

Purpose. To examine the co-occurrence of mental health (depression, anxiety, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicide ideation) and substance use outcomes among female, male, and transgender–gender nonbinary (TNB) college students exposed to sexual assault (SA).Methods. Data were drawn from a 2018 U.S. national survey of college student wellbeing (N = 50,438). Inverse propensity-weighted three-step latent class analysis was used to examine co-occurrence of outcomes while adjusting for 31 potential confounders of the relation between SA exposure and outcomes.Results. Four latent classes were identified for female and male participants, and two for TNB participants, reflecting a range from low to high outcome risk. Exposure to SA was associated with significantly and substantially increased odds (ORs: 2.03–3.64) of membership to the highest-risk outcome class compared to the lowest risk class.Conclusions. Exposure to SA in the college setting is associated with substantially increased risk of co-occurrence of depression, anxiety, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicide ideation regardless of gender identity.

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Examining Sexual Assault Victimization and Loneliness as Risk Factors Associated With Nonlethal Self-Harm Behaviors in Female College Students: Is It Important to Control for Concomitant Suicidal Behaviors (and Vice Versa)?

Journal of Interpersonal Violence ◽

10.1177/0886260516675920 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 34 (21-22) ◽

pp. 4443-4458 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Edward C. Chang ◽

Jerin Lee ◽

Kaitlin M. Wright ◽

Alexandria S.-M. Najarian ◽

Tina Yu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

College Students ◽

Sexual Assault ◽

Female College Students ◽

Suicidal Behaviors ◽

Female College ◽

Post Hoc Analysis ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Self Harm ◽

Post Hoc

The present study examined sexual assault victimization and loneliness as predictors of self-harm behaviors in a sample of 224 female college students. Results from conducting regression analysis indicated that both sexual assault victimization and loneliness were unique and significant predictors of self-harm behaviors. This pattern remained even after controlling for concomitant suicidal behaviors. Interestingly, in a post hoc analysis predicting suicidal behaviors, it was found that loneliness, but not sexual assault victimization, was the only unique and significant predictor after controlling for self-harm behaviors. Some implications of the present findings for understanding self-harm behaviors in female college students and the importance of controlling for suicidal behaviors in studies of self-harm behaviors (and vice versa) are discussed.

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The Relation Between Illegal Risk Behaviors and the Acquired Capability for Suicide

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000274 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (6) ◽

pp. 368-377 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Sean M. Mitchell ◽

Danielle R. Jahn ◽

Kelly C. Cukrowicz

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Risky Behaviors ◽

Interpersonal Theory ◽

Interpersonal Theory Of Suicide ◽

Acquired Capability ◽

Self Injury ◽

Partial Correlations ◽

History Of ◽

Explained Variance

Background: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among college students. The interpersonal theory of suicide may provide a way to conceptualize suicide risk in this population. Aims: We sought to examine relations between illegal behaviors that may act as risk factors for suicide and the acquired capability for suicide. Method: College students (N = 758) completed assessments of acquired capability and previous exposure to painful and provocative events, including illegal risk behaviors (IRBs). Linear regression, a nonparametric bootstrapping procedure, and two-tailed partial correlations were employed to test our hypotheses. Results: There was no significant relation between IRBs and acquired capability after controlling for legal painful and provocative experiences. A significant positive relation was identified between IRBs and fear/anxiety, contradicting the expected relation between increased painful and provocative experiences and lower fear/anxiety. Acquired capability explained variance in the relation between IRBs and history of suicide attempt or self-injury history. Conclusion: Further research is needed to examine links between IRBs and painful and provocative events, particularly to identify the point at which habituation begins to increase acquired capability, as our unexpected results may be due to a lack of habituation to risky behaviors or low variability of scores in the sample.

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