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Direct and Indirect Peer Socialization of Adolescent Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury

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Giletta, Matteo, Burk, William J., Scholte, Ron H. J., Engels, Rutger C. M. E., Prinstein, Mitchell J.·2013·Journal of Research on Adolescence
DOI 10.1111/jora.12036PMC PMC4583102
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This study examined direct and indirect forms of peer socialization of nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) in adolescent friendship networks. Data were collected among 348 adolescents (55% females; Mage = 15.02 years; SD = 0.53) at four assessment waves. Stochastic actor‐based models revealed no evidence for direct socialization of NSSI: adolescents whose friends reported higher NSSI did not increase their NSSI over time. However, indirect forms of socialization were found. After controlling for direct socialization and selection effects, friends' depressive symptoms predicted changes in male and female adolescents' NSSI, and friends' impulsivity predicted changes in male adolescents' NSSI. Findings highlight the importance of extending peer influence research beyond the classical “modeling” paradigm by providing evidence that peers may indirectly socialize adolescents' NSSI.

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  • Emerging longitudinal evidence suggests that a friend's suicide is a meaningful predictor of an adolescent's own risk for future NSSI and suicidal behavior.

    “some emerging longitudinal evidence suggests that a friend’s suicide is a meaningful predictor of an adolescent’s own risk for future NSSI (Giletta et al. 2013, Prinstein et al. 2010, You et al. 2013) and suicidal behavior (e.g., Liu 2006)”

    From Adolescent Suicide as a Failure of Acute Stress-Response Systems. (2019) · cites this paper as Giletta et al. 2013

    The Results and Discussion (page unavailable) report that friends’ depressive symptoms predicted changes in adolescents’ NSSI; they do not address whether a friend’s suicide predicts NSSI. Searches for a friend’s suicide and suicidal behavior found no passage addressing that claim. The citing sentence attributes suicidal behavior to a different source, not to Giletta et al. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Giletta, M., Burk, W. J., Scholte, R. H. J., Engels, R. C. M. E., & Prinstein, M. J.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Giletta, Matteo
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-08-19
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
450-463
ISSN
  • 1050-8392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-7795
DOI
10.1111/jora.12036
PMC
PMC4583102
OpenAlex
W2124130525
Cited by
65
References
8
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FWCI
6.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
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Locations
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
National Institutes of Health (R01-MH85505, R01-HD055342)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Keywords
non-suicidal self-injury, peer socialization, adolescent friendship networks, peer influence, depressive symptoms, impulsivity, gender differences

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