The co-occurrence of non-suicidal self-injury and attempted suicide among adolescents: distinguishing risk factors and psychosocial correlates

Table 2 Summary of longitudinal studies investigating factors that uniquely predict engagement in NSSI or SA

Study	Sample	Risk Factor for NSSI	Risk Factor for SA
Asarnow et al. [8]	237 adolescents with treatment-resistant MDD	NSSI history Physical or sexual abuse history	NSSI history Hopelessness
Wichstrom [39]	2,924 high school students	Risk Factors:	Risk Factors:
		Female gender	Female gender
		History of suicide attempts	History of suicide attempts
		Non-heterosexual sexual interest	Non-heterosexual sexual interest
		Low Global self-worth	Low Global self-worth
		Sexual intercourse before age 15	Suicidal ideation
		NSSI History	Conduct problems
		Protective Factors:	Protective Factors:
		Satisfaction with social support	Parental Care
Wilkinson et al. [38]	164 treatment-seeking adolescents with MDD	NSSI history	NSSI history
		Hopelessness	Poor family functioning
		Presence of an anxiety disorder	High suicidality
		Female gender Younger age

Note. NSSI = Non-suicidal self-injury. SA = Suicide attempt. MDD = Major depressive disorder.

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