Table 5.
Means (SDs) of the continuous mental health outcomes in young adulthood for participants with different NSSI frequency patterns in adolescence
| NSSI frequency pattern in adolescence | n | Mental health indicators in young adulthood | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Satisfaction | Flourishing | Stress | Anxiety | Depression | NSSI, total score | Emotion dysregulation | ||
| No NSSI, total | 225 | 24.63 (7.06) | 47.43 (7.12) | 5.37 (4.12) | 2.29 (2.79) | 2.80 (4.01) | 0.72 (4.24) | 30.12 (12.53) |
| Girls | 117 | 25.27 (6.27) | 47.54 (6.93) | 6.51 (4.43) | 2.59 (3.16) | 3.12 (4.01) | 0.75 (3.74) | 32.37 (13.65) |
| Boys | 108 | 23.93 (7.80) | 47.32 (7.35) | 4.13 (3.35) | 1.97 (2.28) | 2.46 (3.99) | 0.69 (4.74) | 27.68 (10.74) |
| Infrequent NSSI, total | 125 | 23.80 (7.13) | 46.03 (7.85) | 6.79 (5.09) | 3.57 (4.08) | 4.43 (4.78) | 1.04 (3.06) | 33.60 (14.41) |
| Girls | 68 | 25.06 (6.61) | 46.86 (7.38) | 7.07 (5.04) | 3.42 (4.09) | 4.30 (4.35) | 1.37 (3.80) | 34.18 (15.17) |
| Boys | 57 | 22.30 (7.49) | 45.04 (8.34) | 6.44 (5.16) | 3.74 (4.09) | 4.58 (5.29) | 0.65 (1.79) | 32.91 (13.55) |
| Unstable repetitive NSSI, total | 72 | 22.51 (7.74) | 46.10 (6.83) | 7.68 (5.17) | 4.25 (4.25) | 4.78 (4.83) | 1.18 (3.66) | 35.88 (14,567) |
| Girls | 45 | 23.20 (6.92) | 46.78 (5.78) | 8.64 (5.06) | 4.55 (4.00) | 4.70 (4.29) | 1.09 (2.72) | 37.82 (13.19) |
| Boys | 27 | 21.37 (8.96) | 44.96 (8.30) | 6.07 (5.03) | 3.74 (4.66) | 4.91 (5.71) | 1.33 (4.91) | 32.65 (16.60) |
| Stable repetitive NSSI, total | 53 | 21.99 (8.18) | 44.08 (8.21) | 9.32 (5.65) | 4.87 (4.27) | 5.27 (5.14) | 4.75 (7.60) | 43.65 (15.07) |
| Girls | 43 | 21.30 (8.28) | 44.12 (8.00) | 10.00 (5.78) | 5.19 (4.37) | 5.63 (5.15) | 4.56 (7.72) | 44.62 (16.11) |
| Boys | 10 | 25.00 (7.39) | 43.90 (9.53) | 6.40 (4.12) | 3.50 (3.66) | 3.70 (5.08) | 5.60 (7.40) | 39.47 (8.78) |
NSSI = non-suicidal self-injury