Table 1.

Consequences of and reasons for self-injury endorsed by a majority of participants

Item	% Endorseda
Consequences
I experience physical pain	85
Marks are left on my skin	74
I feel more in control of myself	59
I calm down	51
Reasons
To release emotional pressure that builds up inside of me	85
To control how I am feeling	59
To get rid of intolerable emotions	56
To produce a pain that I can control	54

^aThese figures indicate the percentage of participants who rated each consequence as occurring either “usually” or “always”, and the percentage of participants who rated each reason as being “primary”. Participants were allowed to rate multiple reasons as “primary”. Consequences and reasons that are not included in this table were endorsed by less than 50% of participants.