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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2007 Jul 2;42(6):487–494. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2007.05.001

Table 3.

Frequency of Health Questionnaire (HQ) Item Endorsement by Group

Type of Habit Engaged in (Past Two Weeks) SMB BFRB No Habit
Biting Nails 38.1% 36.5% 18.0%
Chewing Lips/Cheeks 39.4% 23.8% 17.1%
Grinding Teeth 48.4% 54.0% 25.4%
Scratching/Picking Skin 72.9% 0% 6.6%
Pulling Hair on Head 15.5% 4.0% 6.1%
Pulling Hair on Brows/Lashes 13.5% 6.3% 5.3%
Cutting 6.5% 0% 0.4%
Punching objects 33.5% 29.4% 21.9%
Hitting self 30.3% 0% 3.9%
Burning self 11.6% 0% 0%