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ERIC Number: EJ1472585
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Available Date: 0000-00-00
A Latent Profile Analysis of At-Risk First-Year Undergraduate Students
Nadia Al-Dajani1; Ewa K. Czyz1; Daniel Eisenberg2; Kai Zheng3; Cheryl A. King1,4,5
Journal of American College Health, v73 n3 p1232-1239 2025
Objective: We examined whether meaningful subgroups of self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) would emerge within a pool of first-year college students already deemed at elevated risk. Participants: First-year undergraduates (N = 1,068) recruited in 2015-2018 Fall terms. Methods: Past-year nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) frequency, past-year number of NSSI methods used, lifetime suicide attempt (SA) history, and recency of SA were included in a latent profile analysis. Results: Four subgroups emerged: "low SIB" (n = 558, 52%), "high NSSI only" (n = 182, 17%), "high SIB" (n = 141, 13%), and "high SA only" (n = 187, 18%). Students in the "high SIB" group reported higher levels of suicidal ideation at baseline and follow-up in comparison to all groups. Those in the "high NSSI only" or "high SIB" groups had relatively higher levels of NSSI at baseline and follow-up. Conclusions: Findings highlight the amount of heterogeneity "within" a high-risk group, along with the importance of considering distal and proximal SIBs in university screening efforts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01MH103244
Author Affiliations: 1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; 2Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; 3Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California, USA; 4Depression Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; 5Injury Prevention Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA