Suicide attempt and self-mutilation among Turkish high school students in relation with abuse, neglect and dissociation.
A questionnaire consisting of items about abuse, neglect, self-mutilation and suicide attempt and the Turkish Version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale were given to 862 high school students. The rates of suicide attempt and self-mutilative behaviors were 10.1% and 21.4%, respectively. Abused or neglected groups (34.3%) had 7.6-fold higher suicide attempts and 2.7-fold higher self-mutilation behaviours. The logistic regression model showed that each type of trauma and dissociation contributed to suicide attempts and self-mutilation, but dissociation was the most powerful. Suicidal and self-destructive adolescents should precisely be evaluated for abuse, neglect and dissociation in clinical practice.
Zoroglu
Suleyman Salih
SS
Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Gaziantep University Medical Faculty, Gaziantep, Turkey.
Tuzun
Umran
U
Sar
Vedat
V
Tutkun
Hamdi
H
Savaçs
Haluk Asuman
HA
Ozturk
Mucahit
M
Alyanak
Behiye
B
Kora
Meltem Erocal
ME
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires