Lifetime and 12-Month Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Academic Performance in College Freshmen

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• 作者：Glenn Kiekens ; Laurence Claes ; Koen Demyttenaere ; Randy P. Auerbach ; Jennifer G. Green ; Ronald C. Kessler ; Philippe Mortier ; Matthew K. Nock and Ronny Bruffaerts
• 刊名：Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：46
• 期：5
• 页码：563-576
• 全文大小：352K
• ISSN：1943-278X

文摘

We examined whether nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with academic performance in college freshmen, using census-based web surveys (N = 7,527; response = 65.4%). NSSI was assessed with items from the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview and subsequently linked with the administratively recorded academic year percentage (AYP). Freshmen with lifetime and 12-month NSSI showed a reduction in AYP of 3.4% and 5.9%, respectively. The college environment was found to moderate the effect of 12-month NSSI, with more strongly reduced AYPs in departments with higher-than-average mean departmental AYPs. The findings suggest that overall stress and test anxiety are underlying processes between NSSI membership and academic performance.