Gender difference in the associations of childhood maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents with mood disorders

作者：Yan Yue, Yi Wang, Ruchang Yang, Feng Zhu, Xuna Yang, Xinchuan Lu, Zhu Ping, Zhengyan Wu, Zhe Li, Xueli Zhao, Xiangdong Du · 发表于：Frontiers in Psychiatry · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1162450 · 被引用次数：15 · 研究领域：Suicide and Self-Harm Studies、Youth Substance Use and School Attendance、Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Background Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a common feature among adolescents with mood disorders. Although childhood maltreatment has shown to be associated with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), previous studies have yielded mixed results in terms of different subtypes of childhood maltreatment and only few studies have investigated the effects of gender. The present cross-sectional study investigated effects of different types of childhood maltreatment on NSSI, as well as the role of gender in these effects. Methods In this cross-sectional study, a total of 142 Chinese adolescent inpatients with mood disorders (37 males and 105 females) were consecutively recruited within a psychiatric hospital. Demographic and clinical characteristics were collected. Participants were administered the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Functional Assessment of Self-Mutilation (FASM). Results 76.8% of the sample reported engaging NSSI in the previous 12 months. Female participants were more likely to engage in NSSI than males ( p < 0.001). Participants in the NSSI group reported significantly more experiences of emotional abuse ( p < 0.001) and emotional neglect ( p = 0.005). With regards to gender differences, female participants who have experienced emotional abuse were more likely to engage in NSSI ( p = 0.03). Conclusion As a whole, NSSI represents a frequent phenomenon among adolescent clinical populations and females were more likely to engage in NSSI than male...