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Townsend, Michelle L.; Jain, Alisha; Miller, Caitlin E.; Grenyer, Brin F. S. – School Mental Health, 2022
Research suggests that the incidents of self-harm among young people are increasing and age of onset of self-harm is decreasing. There is limited understanding of how widespread the problem of self-harm among younger school students is, and how schools respond to these incidents. This study used an in-depth qualitative approach to understand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Destructive Behavior, Incidence, Elementary School Students
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Gillen, Allison M. C.; Kirby, Karen; McBride, Orla; McGlinchey, Emily; Rushe, Teresa – Child Care in Practice, 2019
Background: Clinical data indicate that the rates of non-suicidal self-harm (SH) are rising and developing younger, causing increasing concern. However, to date, no United Kingdom (UK), Irish or European community based surveys have been able to determine the prevalence rates of not only "SH ideation" but also "actual incidences of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes
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Esteves, Jeffrey; Perry, Adrienne; Spiegel, Rebecca; Weiss, Jonathan A. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Introduction: Challenging behaviors are common in individuals with developmental disabilities and pose significant challenges to their well-being and that of their families and communities. Method: We explored the occurrence and predictors of self-injurious behavior and aggressive/destructive behavior in 372 Canadian youths (aged 4-20 years) with…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Incidence, Behavior Problems, Aggression
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Majeed-Ariss, Rabiya; Rodriguez, Pablo M.; White, Catherine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: There is a dearth of reliable data on sexual assault prevalence amongst people with learning disabilities. This work aims to identify the prevalence of learning disabilities amongst adult clients attending Saint Marys Sexual Assault Referral Centre and ascertain the similarities/differences amongst clients with learning disabilities as…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Crime, Incidence, Intellectual Disability
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Oubrahim, Leïla; Combalbert, Nicolas – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Background: The aim was to investigate the aggressive behavior of young people in specialized institutions with intellectual disability (ID) with or without autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Method: Data on 305 institutionalized young people were collected using two aggression scales, the 'Children's Scale of Hostility and Aggression:…
Descriptors: Autism, Intellectual Disability, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Incidence
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Nicholls, Gemma; Hastings, Richard P.; Grindle, Corinna – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
Previous research is not conclusive in detailing the prevalence of challenging behaviour and its correlates in children with intellectual disabilities in school settings in particular. In the current study, an amended version of the Behaviour Problems Inventory -- Short Form was used to collect data from a sample of 321 students in a special…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability, Special Schools
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Goldberg, Shira; Israelashvili, Moshe – School Psychology Quarterly, 2017
Based on notions posited by problem behavior theory, the primary goal of the current study was to examine the possibility that adolescents who engage in NSSI are not a homogeneous group but are rather divided into 2 subgroups: (a) adolescents who exclusively engage in NSSI, and (b) adolescents who are involved in NSSI alongside other problem…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Comorbidity
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Rhodes, Anne E.; Boyle, Michael H.; Bethell, Jennifer; Wekerle, Christine; Goodman, Deborah; Tonmyr, Lil; Leslie, Bruce; Lam, Kelvin; Manion, Ian – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objectives: To determine whether the rates of a first presentation to the emergency department (ED) for suicide-related behavior (SRB) are higher among children/youth permanently removed from their parental home because of substantiated maltreatment than their peers. To describe the health care settings accessed by these children/youth before a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Suicide, Self Destructive Behavior, Health Services
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Baetens, Imke; Claes, Laurence; Martin, Graham; Onghena, Patrick; Grietens, Hans; Van Leeuwen, Karla; Pieters, Ciska; Wiersema, Jan R.; Griffith, James W. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
The present study investigates the association of parenting and family factors with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in preadolescents. A sample of 1,439 preadolescents and their parents were assessed by means of (a) adolescent-reported parenting behaviors (support and behavioral/psychological control), (b) parent-reported parenting behaviors…
Descriptors: Injuries, Self Destructive Behavior, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting Styles
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Hamilton, David J.; Taylor, Brian J.; Killick, Campbell; Bickerstaff, David – Child Care in Practice, 2015
Self-harming and suicide amongst adolescents are reported to be increasing in Europe and internationally. For young people in state care, this aspect of mental well-being is of particular concern. The aim of this study was to establish the incidence of suicidal ideation and behaviour amongst young people (age 16-21 years) leaving state care in one…
Descriptors: Suicide, Psychological Patterns, Self Destructive Behavior, Adolescents
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Stewart, Shannon L.; Baiden, Philip; Theall-Honey, Laura; den Dunnen, Wendy – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2014
Background: Few studies have examined deliberate self-harm (DSH) among children in residential treatment in Canada. Most of the existing studies examined adolescent students or children from pediatric emergency departments. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of DSH among children in tertiary care residential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Residential Care, Incidence
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Tresno, Fiona; Ito, Yoshimi; Mearns, Jack – Death Studies, 2012
This study reports the prevalence of self-injurious behavior and suicide attempts among college students in Indonesia and examines risk factors distinguishing between 3 groups: self-injury with suicide attempt, non-suicidal self-injury, and non-self-injury. Self-report questionnaires measuring self-injury and suicide attempts, negative mood…
Descriptors: College Students, Child Neglect, Injuries, Suicide
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Maskey, Morag; Warnell, Frances; Parr, Jeremy R.; Le Couteur, Ann; McConachie, Helen – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The type, frequency and inter-relationships of emotional and behavioural problems in 863 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were investigated using the population-based Database of children with ASD living in the North East of England (Daslne). A high rate of problems was reported, with 53% of children having 4 or more types of problems…
Descriptors: Autism, Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Ruiz-Casares, Monica; Trocme, Nico; Fallon, Barbara – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
Objective: This study explores prevalence and characteristics associated with supervisory neglect and physical harm in children in the child welfare system in Canada. Methods: The sample included all substantiated primary maltreatment investigations in the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect excluding cases where…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Injuries
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Watanabe, Norio; Nishida, Atsushi; Shimodera, Shinji; Inoue, Ken; Oshima, Norihito; Sasaki, Tsukasa; Inoue, Shimpei; Akechi, Tatsuo; Furukawa, Toshi A.; Okazaki, Yuji – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Little is known about accurate prevalence and associated factors of deliberate self-harm (DSH) among adolescents in Asian countries. In this study, the prevalence and associated factors of DSH among adolescents in Japan were examined. Data were derived from a cross-sectional survey using an anonymous self-report questionnaire and enrolling 8,620…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Incidence
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