The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study. Pitman, A., Lowther, M., Pike, A., Davies, J., Cates, A. d., Buckman, J. E. J., & Robinson, O. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, November, 2023. Publisher: Cambridge University Press![The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex 1 download Objective:To test the hypothesis that exposure to peer self-harm induces adolescents’ urges to self-harm and that this is influenced by individual suggestibility.Methods:We recruited 97 UK-based adults aged 18–25 years with a recent history of self-harm, measuring baseline suggestibility (Resistance to Peer Influence; RPI) and perceived ability to control urges to self-harm (using an adapted item from the Self-Efficacy to Resist Suicidal Action scale; SEASA) before and after two self-harm vignettes featuring named peers from the participant’s social network (to simulate exposure to peer non-suicidal self-harm) and after a wash-out exposure. We used paired t-tests to compare mean SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure, and linear regression to test for an association between RPI and change in SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure.Results:Perceived ability to control urges to self-harm was significantly reduced following exposure to peer self-harm (t(96) = 4.02, p \textless 0.001, mean difference = 0.61; 95% CI = 0.31, 0.91), but was not significantly different from baseline after exposure to a wash-out. We found no association between suggestibility and change in urges to self-harm after exposure to peer self-harm.Conclusion:Our findings support social influences on self-harm in a sample of young adults, regardless of their individual degree of suggestibility.
@article{pitman_influence_2023,
title = {The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm: experimental study},
issn = {0924-2708, 1601-5215},
shorttitle = {The influence of peer non-suicidal self-harm on young adults’ urges to self-harm},
url = {https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/acta-neuropsychiatrica/article/influence-of-peer-nonsuicidal-selfharm-on-young-adults-urges-to-selfharm-experimental-study/520B54D3ECB58C1725F87CCD3AFE9248},
doi = {10.1017/neu.2023.51},
abstract = {Objective:To test the hypothesis that exposure to peer self-harm induces adolescents’ urges to self-harm and that this is influenced by individual suggestibility.Methods:We recruited 97 UK-based adults aged 18–25 years with a recent history of self-harm, measuring baseline suggestibility (Resistance to Peer Influence; RPI) and perceived ability to control urges to self-harm (using an adapted item from the Self-Efficacy to Resist Suicidal Action scale; SEASA) before and after two self-harm vignettes featuring named peers from the participant’s social network (to simulate exposure to peer non-suicidal self-harm) and after a wash-out exposure. We used paired t-tests to compare mean SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure, and linear regression to test for an association between RPI and change in SEASA scores pre- and post-exposure.Results:Perceived ability to control urges to self-harm was significantly reduced following exposure to peer self-harm (t(96) = 4.02, p {\textless} 0.001, mean difference = 0.61; 95\% CI = 0.31, 0.91), but was not significantly different from baseline after exposure to a wash-out. We found no association between suggestibility and change in urges to self-harm after exposure to peer self-harm.Conclusion:Our findings support social influences on self-harm in a sample of young adults, regardless of their individual degree of suggestibility.},
language = {en},
urldate = {2024-01-10},
journal = {Acta Neuropsychiatrica},
author = {Pitman, Alexandra and Lowther, Millie and Pike, Alexandra and Davies, Jessica and Cates, Angharad de and Buckman, Joshua E. J. and Robinson, Oliver},
month = nov,
year = {2023},
note = {Publisher: Cambridge University Press},
keywords = {Self-harm, adolescent, cognition, peer influence, self-injurious behaviour},
pages = {1--13},
}
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