Effects of Parental Marital Status on Negative Emotions and Nonsuicidal Self-injury Behaviors in Middle School Students: a Multicenter Cross-sectional Study

• Published in: Zhongguo quanke yixue Vol. 27; no. 14; pp. 1708 - 1715
• Main Author: REN Xiaohong, CEN Yu, LUO Jing, ZHOU Yuling, HE Jinlong, LIN Cen, WU Dapeng, LUO Jiaming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: Chinese General Practice Publishing House Co., Ltd 01.05.2024
• Subjects: depression|anxiety|emotional stress|nonsuicidal self-injury behaviors|parental marital status|negative emotions|middle school students|psychology, adolescent
• ISSN: 1007-9572
• DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0508

Background Effects of parental marital status on nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors and negative emotions in adolescents have been rarely reported, and the existing research sample size is relatively small. Objective To explore the association of parental marital status with negative emotions and NSSI in middle school students, to provide a reference for the prevention and control of NSSI in them. Methods A stratified random sampling method was used to conduct the questionnaire survey on students from 20 townships and 67 middle schools in Nanchong City and its surrounding areas from March to April 2020. The investigators input the questionnaire into the WJX.cn to generate QR codes, which were distributed to parents or student guardians by schools. The questionnaire, consisting of the General Information Questionnaire, Ottawa Self-injury Inventory (OSI) and the Chinese version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), was used to calculate the detection rates of NSSI, depression, anxiety and s