Lifetime and 12‐Month Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury and Academic Performance in College Freshmen |
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| Authors: | Glenn Kiekens MSc Laurence Claes PhD Koen Demyttenaere MD PhD Randy P. Auerbach PhD Jennifer G. Green PhD Ronald C. Kessler PhD Philippe Mortier MD Matthew K. Nock PhD Ronny Bruffaerts PhD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium;2. Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium;3. Harvard Medical School, Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA;4. School of Education, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA;5. Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA;6. Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We examined whether nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is associated with academic performance in college freshmen, using census‐based web surveys (N = 7,527; response = 65.4%). NSSI was assessed with items from the Self‐Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview and subsequently linked with the administratively recorded academic year percentage (AYP). Freshmen with lifetime and 12‐month NSSI showed a reduction in AYP of 3.4% and 5.9%, respectively. The college environment was found to moderate the effect of 12‐month NSSI, with more strongly reduced AYPs in departments with higher‐than‐average mean departmental AYPs. The findings suggest that overall stress and test anxiety are underlying processes between NSSI membership and academic performance. |
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