Table 1.
Comparison of demographic characteristics of adolescents with self-injurious behaviors only (NSSI-Only) or self-injurious behavior with suicide attempt(s) (NSSI+SA)
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| NSSI-Only (n = 31) | NSSI+SA (n = 25) | Analyses | |||||
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| Characteristic | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t | df | p |
| Age (years) | 15.1 | 1.3 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 1.23 | 54 | .226 |
| Education (years) | 9.2 | 1.4 | 9.0 | 1.6 | 1.07 | 54 | .289 |
| SES | 31.0 | 12.5 | 28.0 | 12.5 | 0.87 | 49 | .389 |
| WASI Score | 93.8 | 10.9 | 94.7 | 10.5 | 0.29 | 49 | .770 |
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| n | % | n | % | χ 2 | df | p | |
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| Gender | 1.95 | 1 | .162 | ||||
| Female | 21 | 67.7 | 21 | 75.0 | |||
| Male | 10 | 18.2 | 4 | 25.0 | |||
| Ethnicity | 2.67 | 3 | .445 | ||||
| Caucasian | 26 | 83.9 | 20 | 80.0 | |||
| African American | 5 | 14.7 | 3 | 12.0 | |||
| Hispanic | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | |||
| Other | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | |||
| Psychiatric Diagnosis | |||||||
| MDD | 18 | 58.1 | 18 | 72.0 | 1.17 | 1 | .279 |
| ODD | 3 | 9.7 | 3 | 12.0 | .078 | 1 | .780 |
| CD | 3 | 9.7 | 2 | 8.0 | .048 | 1 | .827 |
| SUD | 1 | 3.2 | 1 | 4.0 | .024 | 1 | .877 |
| PTSD | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 1.26 | 1 | .261 |
| Bulimia | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | .821 | 1 | .365 |
| GAD | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | .821 | 1 | .365 |
| ADHD | 4 | 12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.47 | 1 | .062 |
| Abuse Category | |||||||
| Physical | 9 | 31.0 | 7 | 33.3 | 0.03 | 1 | .863 |
| Sexual | 5 | 17.2 | 4 | 19.0 | 0.03 | 1 | .870 |
| Neglect | 1 | 3.4 | 2 | 9.5 | 0.80 | 1 | .372 |
SES = Socioeconomic Status; WASI = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; MDD = Major Depressive Disorder; ODD = Oppositional Defiant Disorder; CD = Conduct Disorder; SUD = Substance Use Disorder; PTSD = Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder; ADHD = Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder