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. 2022 Mar 21;11(1):128–139. doi: 10.1556/2006.2022.00005

Table A3.

Descriptive statistics: Methods for NSSI

Method for NSSI n % κ agreement
Cutting 461 92.2 0.21 fair
Hitting; bruising 86 17.2 0.81 almost perfect
Scratching; picking 72 14.4 0.67 substantial
Burning 68 13.6 0.86 almost perfect
Biting 24 4.8 0.87 almost perfect
Starving; food restriction 21 4.2
Purging 7 1.4
Overdose 7 1.4

Methods for self-injury in descending order of the number of r/selfharm users (n = 500) mentioning having used that method at least once. κ = Fleiss’s kappa statistic, an indicator of intercoder reliability. Interpretation of κ (from Landis & Koch, 1977) is also reported. All values of κ were significantly better than chance agreement at the P < 0.001 level. Items with associated κ’s are from an a priori codebook, while no κ’s are reported for additional methods added to the codebook post hoc. These additional items were mentioned by at least 1% of users (n = 5), after resolving disagreements between coders.