Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self ‐injury

ConclusionsThe findings support the cumulative suboptimal environmental hazards (proximal family relationships as a mediator) hypothesis. Improving the family environment at age 14 may mitigate the effects of CFA on adolescent onset of NSSI.

Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry - January 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Matthew Cassels, Anne ‐Laura Harmelen, Sharon Neufeld, Ian Goodyer, Peter B. Jones, Paul Wilkinson Tags: Original Article Source Type: research