Table 1.

Habit Questionnaire Behavioral Items by Q-Sort

Self-Mutilative Behavior (SMB) Items

Have you ever scratched or picked at skin so that it left a mark?

Have you ever deliberately cut yourself in any way?

Have you ever hit yourself?

Have you ever burned yourself with a cigarette, match or other way?

Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) Items

Have you ever bitten your nails?

Have you ever chewed on your lips?

Have you ever bitten your cheeks?

Have you ever grinded or clenched your teeth?

Have you ever pulled any strands of hair on your head to the point of pulling them out completely?

Have you ever pulled out any hairs in your eyebrows (not by tweezing) or eyelashes?

Have you ever punched a wall or other object?

Please note. Group item composition based on Q sort methodology; Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) also conducted for comparison. Principle components factor method performed using varimax rotation and number of factors retained determined by eigenvalues > 1 and theoretical interpretability of the resulting factor structure. The EFA yielded similar 2-factor solution as the Q sort methodology.