Table 2.
Life history, psychosocial, suicide, and non-suicidal self-injury variables for the full sample and by sexual orientation.
| Overall (N=52) N (%) /M (SD) |
SMA (n=27) N (%) /M (SD) |
HA (n=25) N (%)/M (SD) |
Statistic t/χ2/Mann- Whitey U |
Effect size d/φ/r |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Suicide/NSSI Behavior | |||||
| Suicidal Ideation Question (SIQ) | 103.02 (42.09) | 108.07 (38.18) | 97.56 (46.10) | 0.90 | 0.25 |
| Suicide Ideation (PSR) | 4.33 (1.29) | 4.81 (1.04) | 3.80 (1.35) | 3.05** | 0.84 |
| Suicide Ideation, lifetime (C-SSRS) | 4.19 (1.27) | 4.33 (1.18) | 4.04 (1.37) | 0.83 | |
| Suicide ideation, past week (C-SSRS) | 3.83 (1.51) | 4.30 (1.14) | 3.32 (1.70) | 2.41* | |
| Suicide attempt, lifetime (C-SSRS) | 27 (51.9%) | 16 (59.3%) | 11 (44.0%) | 1.21 | 0.15 |
| Suicide attempt, past week (C-SSRS) | 13 (25.0%) | 7 (25.9%) | 6 (24.0%) | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| NSSI, lifetime (C-SSRS) | 44 (84.6%) | 27 (100%) | 17 (68.0%) | 10.21** | 0.44 |
| NSSI, past week (C-SSRS) | 22 (42.3%) | 15 (55.6%) | 7 (28.0%) | 4.04* | 0.28 |
| Any NSSI, lifetime (ISAS) | 49 (94.2%) | 27 (100%) | 22 (88.0%) | 3.44 | 0.26 |
| B. NSSI Rates/Functions | N = 49 | n = 27 | n = 22 | ||
| Variety of NSSI (ISAS) | 3.61 (2.46) | 4.52 (2.17) | 2.50 (2.37) | 3.11** | 0.89 |
| Frequency of NSSI (ISAS) | 202.50 (322.24) | 254.74 (348.40) | 141.17 (283.80) | ||
| median values ‡ | 45.50 | 130.0 | 12.0 | 174.00** | 0.38 |
| Intrapersonal Functions | 17.28 (8.47) | 20.59 (5.96) | 13.39 (9.41) | 3.17** | 0.91 |
| Interpersonal Functions | 6.94 (7.87) | 8.00 (9.14) | 5.70 (6.02) | 1.03 | 0.30 |
| C. Life History/Psychosocial Variables | |||||
| Any Abuse | 29 (55.8%) | 19 (70.4%) | 10 (40.0%) | 4.85* | 0.31 |
| Peer Victimization | 1.57 (1.28) | 1.91 (1.26) | 1.20 (1.22) | 2.05* | 0.57 |
| Depression (BDI) | 33.92 (11.57) | 34.74 (12.02) | 33.04 (11.23) | 0.53 | 0.15 |
| Impairment (CIS) | 27.23 (8.99) | 28.56 (8.05) | 25.80 (9.88) | 1.11 | 0.31 |
| Satisfaction with Life (SLS) | 12.62 (6.09) | 11.11 (5.25) | 14.24 (6.61) | 1.90 | 0.52 |
*
= p <.05,
**
= p <.01
‡
A Mann Whitney U non-parametric test was used to compare median values for Frequency of NSSI given non-normal distribution.
Notes: SMA = sexual minority adolescents; HA = heterosexual adolescents; SIQ = Suicide Ideation Questionnaire; PSR = Psychiatric Status Rating; C-SSRS = Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale; ISAS = Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; CIS = Columbia Impairment Scale; SLS = Satisfaction with Life Scale; Any Abuse = Chart report or parent endorsement of sexual, physical, psychological abuse and/or neglect.