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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Parental and community risk factors for childhood self-harm thoughts and behaviours |
Author: | O'Hare, K. Watkeys, O. Whitten, T. Dean, K. Laurens, K.R. Harris, F. Carr, V.J. Green, M.J. |
Citation: | Journal of Affective Disorders, 2022; 310:279-283 |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 0165-0327 1573-2517 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Kirstie O'Hare, Oliver Watkeys, Tyson Whitten, Kimberlie Dean, Kristin R. Laurens, Felicity Harris, Vaughan J. Carr, Melissa J. Green |
Abstract: | Background: Childhood self-harm is rare but increasing in frequency. Little is known about risk factors specifically for self-harm in preteen children. Methods: We examined self-harm thoughts and behaviours in children aged 3–14 years in association with parental and community-level risk factors, using a large general population-based record linkage sample (n = 74,479). Results: Parental factors were strongly associated with childhood self-harm, with over three-quarters of children with self-harm having a parent with a history of mental disorder and/or criminal offending. Community-level factors (socioeconomic deprivation, remote or regional location, and neighbourhood crime rate) were not associated with childhood self-harm after adjustment for confounding factors. Limitations: Measures of self-harm thoughts and behaviours derived from administrative data likely underestimate the prevalence of self-harm in the population. Conclusions: Intergenerational transmission of risk factors is likely an important contributor to childhood self- harm. |
Keywords: | Self-injurious thoughts and behaviours, suicide, longitudinal, record linkage Intergenerational transmission |
Rights: | © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP11010015 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP170101403 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT170100294 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/105865 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1148055 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1133833 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1175408 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050 |
Appears in Collections: | Gender Studies and Social Analysis publications |
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