Table 5. Frequencies of self-harming behaviors for the total sample, and separately for men and women.
| Total sample | Men | Women | Comparison men vs.women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ2 | |
| 1. Overdosed | 2501 | 61 (2.4) | 25 (2.2) | 36 (2.6) | 0.31 |
| 2. Cut yourself | 2501 | 61 (2.4) | 15 (1.3) | 46 (3.3) | 10.04** |
| 3. Burned yourself | 2502 | 18 (0.7) | 8 (0.7) | 10 (0.7) | <0.01 |
| 4. Hit yourself | 2499 | 37 (1.5) | 20 (1.8) | 17 (1.2) | 1.40 |
| 5. Banged your head | 2498 | 74 (3.0) | 51 (4.6) | 23 (1.7) | 18.58*** |
| 6. Abused alcohol | 2496 | 339 (13.6) | 212 (19.1) | 127 (9.2) | 51.84*** |
| 7. Driven recklessly | 2494 | 237 (9.5) | 159 (14.3) | 78 (5.6) | 53.87*** |
| 8. Scratched yourself | 2499 | 87 (3.5) | 32 (2.9) | 55 (4.0) | 2.13 |
| 9. Prevented wounds fromhealing | 2501 | 65 (2.6) | 20 (1.8) | 45 (3.2) | 5.04* |
| 10. Made medical situationsworse | 2496 | 104 (4.2) | 44 (4.0) | 60 (4.3) | 0.20 |
| 11. Been promiscuous | 2497 | 125 (5.0) | 82 (7.4) | 43 (3.1) | 23.92*** |
| 12. Set yourself up in arelationship to be rejected | 2497 | 66 (2.6) | 31 (2.8) | 35 (2.5) | 0.17 |
| 13. Abused prescriptionmedication | 2501 | 73 (2.9) | 32 (2.9) | 41 (2.9) | 0.01 |
| 14. Distanced yourself from Godas punishment | 2496 | 34 (1.4) | 17 (1.5) | 17 (1.2) | 0.43 |
| 15. Engaged in emotionallyabusive relationships | 2496 | 145 (5.8) | 51 (4.6) | 94 (6.8) | 5.34* |
| 16. Engaged in sexually abusiverelationships | 2494 | 96 (3.8) | 39 (3.5) | 57 (4.1) | 0.57 |
| 17. Lost a job on purpose | 2501 | 609 (24.4) | 294 (26.4) | 315 (22.7) | 4.54* |
| 18. Attempted suicide | 2500 | 71 (2.8) | 18 (1.6) | 53 (3.8) | 10.87** |
| 19. Exercised an injury | 2498 | 51 (2.0) | 12 (1.1) | 39 (2.8) | 9.28** |
| 20. Tortured yourself with self-defeating thoughts | 2497 | 744 (29.8) | 313 (28.2) | 432 (31.1) | 2.52 |
| 21. Starved yourself to hurtyourself | 2499 | 41 (1.6) | 4 (0.4) | 37 (2.7) | 20.33***a |
| 22. Abused laxatives to hurtyourself | 2492 | 14 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 13 (0.9) | 7.89**a |
Note.
ns = not significant,
* p < 0.05,
** p < 0.01,
*** p < 0.01,
a two-tailed Fisher’s exacttest was used due to the low cell count