Abstract

SILVA-SANTOS, Luana Cristina; FARO, André  and  FALK, Derek. Self-harming behaviors in brazilian adolescents: relationships with bullying, impulsivity, and suicidal behavior. Psic., Saúde & Doenças [online]. 2023, vol.24, n.3, pp.907-917.  Epub Dec 31, 2023. ISSN 1645-0086.  https://doi.org/10.15309/23psd240310.

We aimed to investigate the possible relationships between self-harm behaviors and bullying, as well as between self-harm behaviors and sociodemographic perfil of the sample. For this, 513 adolescents, between 15 and 19 years old, high school students living at four cities of Sergipe, Brasil, participated. We used the Adolescence Suicide Ideation, Self-harm and Impulse Questionnaire (ASISQ), the Bullying Victimization California Scale (BVCS), and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Overall, 35,9% of the participants already had selfinjuried mainly for decrease negative affective state (negative automatic reinforcement) and copy with unwanted social demands (negative social reinforcement), and they had moderate suicide ideation. The participants classified as bullies victims were 24,8% of the sample. About logistic regression, of the variables insert in the model, just suicide ideation, high impulsivity, bullying victimization and low religiosity increase chances of engage in self-harm behavior. Understanding the prevalence and accurately analyzing this relationship is essential for the most effective prevention and to impact both phenomena.

Keywords : Self-harming behaviors; Bullying; Adolescents; Suicidal behavior; Brazil.

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