Association between coping styles and non-suicidal self-injury among undergraduate students in Wuhan

VernacularTitle:武汉市部分大学新生应对方式与非自杀性自我伤害行为关系的研究
Author: Lan CHEN ¹ ; Ruolan ZHAO ; Hui CHEN
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1. 华中科技大学同济医学院公共卫生学院儿少与妇幼保健学系
Keywords: Non-suicidal self-injury; Coping styles; Undergraduates
From:Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2017;38(12):1607-1610
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective This study aimed to explore the association of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and the coping styles in college undergraduate students.Methods Cluster sampling techniques was used to recruit freshmen students from two universities in Wuhan.Brief COPE scale was used to measure the coping skills at the baseline study.Non-suicidal self-injury was studied one year later through a follow-up program.Results The incidence of NSSI among college students was 2.3％.Students who reported NSSI had higher scores on Self-Blame dimension than those who did not.Results from the multivariate analysis showed that factors as:self-blame coping (OR=-1.30,95％ CI:1.06-1.59),religion (OR=3.55,95％CI:1.50-8.38) and maternal education level (OR=2.46,95％CI:1.25-4.84) were related to NSSI.Conclusion Coping styles were found to be related to non-suicidal self-injury behavior in undergraduate students.Passive coping such as self-blaming,seemed to have increased the risk of NSSI.