1.Are Tattoos an Indicator of Severity of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behavior in Adolescents?
Marco Antonio SOLÍS-BRAVO ; Yassel FLORES-RODRÍGUEZ ; Liliana Guadalupe TAPIA-GUILLEN ; Aymara GATICA-HERNÁNDEZ ; Miriam GUZMÁN-RESÉNDIZ ; Luis Alberto SALINAS-TORRES ; Tania Lucila VARGAS-RIZO ; Lilia ALBORES-GALLO
Psychiatry Investigation 2019;16(7):504-512
OBJECTIVE: To compare adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury behavior and tattoos [NSSI (T+)] with another group with non-suicidal self-injury behavior without tattoos [NSSI (T−)]. METHODS: Adolescents (n=438) 42.6% males from the community (M=12.3, SD=1.3), completed the Self-Injury Schedule. RESULTS: The lifetime prevalence of tattoos performed with the purpose to feel pain was 1.8%. Compared to the NSSI (T−) group, the NSSI (T+) group was significantly more likely to meet the DSM-5 frequency criteria of 5 self-injury events in 1 year, practice more than one method of self-injury, and topography, more suicidal intentionality, more negative thoughts and affective emotions before, during, and after self-injury and more academic and social dysfunction. CONCLUSION: Adolescents from the community who practice tattooing to feel pain, show a distinct phenotype of NSSI. Health professionals and pediatricians should assess tattooing characteristics such as intention (to feel pain), frequency, and presence of non-suicidal self-injury behavior and suicide intentionality.
Adolescent
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Appointments and Schedules
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Health Occupations
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Humans
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Intention
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Male
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Methods
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Phenotype
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Suicide
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Tattooing