AUTHOR=Wei Chang , Li Zhiyong , Ma Tao , Jiang Xiaxia , Yu Chengfu , Xu Qian 

TITLE=Stressful life events and non-suicidal self-injury among Chinese adolescents: A moderated mediation model of depression and resilience

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.944726

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.944726

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Stressful life events is associated with an increased risk of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescence, but the mechanisms explaining this association are unclear. Based on the experiential avoidance model of NSSI, and the protective factor model of resilience, the current study tested depression as a mediator and resilience as a moderator of this association. Chinese adolescents (N = 643; Mage = 15.91; 52.10 % female), anonymously completed self-report measures in classrooms. Results showed that stressful life events was linked to adolescent NSSI in part because of adolescent depression, and resilience was a protective factor that buffered this effect. These findings highlight social and psychological risk factors for NSSI, and they suggest that interventions at the level of the social and the individual could help reduce the risk of adolescent NSSI.