When can I find credible statistics on self-injury?!
Question: When can I find credible statistics on self-injury!?
I'm writing a paper on self-injury!. I can find statistics, but nothing that I would deem credible!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Like Dudette said, self-injury is a very secretive behaivor and it is very, very hard to find good statistics!. As far as I'm concerned, any "credible" source would say that it is next to impossible to measure the frequency of self-injury!. Still, you asked for stats, so here are some:
The most oft-repeated statistic is that 1% of the population self-injures (taken from Favazza's book Bodies Under Siege), but judging by the amount of self-injurers that I have come across, that is a huge underestimate!.
A survey by Cornell University, the largest study on SI to date, estimates that 17% of college students hurt themselves!. Check out http://www!.crpsib!.com/ for more information on this survey!.
Another study administered by Brown University, Wesleyan University, and Louisiana State University, found that nearly half of the high school students surveyed have self-injured in the past year!. You may view an abstract of the article here, however you will have to pay to view the full article: http://journals!.cambridge!.org/action/dis!.!.!.
That's really all that I could find through my own personal research!. Sorry I couldn't be of more help! I have self-injured for nine years, so if you are looking for personal anecdotes, feel free to email me at "jamiebeth at mail!.com"!. (remove the quotes and replace the word "at" with an @ sign!. very paranoid about spam here!. :D) Good luck with the paper!Www@Answer-Health@Com
The most oft-repeated statistic is that 1% of the population self-injures (taken from Favazza's book Bodies Under Siege), but judging by the amount of self-injurers that I have come across, that is a huge underestimate!.
A survey by Cornell University, the largest study on SI to date, estimates that 17% of college students hurt themselves!. Check out http://www!.crpsib!.com/ for more information on this survey!.
Another study administered by Brown University, Wesleyan University, and Louisiana State University, found that nearly half of the high school students surveyed have self-injured in the past year!. You may view an abstract of the article here, however you will have to pay to view the full article: http://journals!.cambridge!.org/action/dis!.!.!.
That's really all that I could find through my own personal research!. Sorry I couldn't be of more help! I have self-injured for nine years, so if you are looking for personal anecdotes, feel free to email me at "jamiebeth at mail!.com"!. (remove the quotes and replace the word "at" with an @ sign!. very paranoid about spam here!. :D) Good luck with the paper!Www@Answer-Health@Com
your not going to find very good statistics because its really hard to mesure cuz its done in secret and any statistics you do find are most likely to be understatments, most stats will be somewhere between 10%-30% of people SI
sorry i couldn't help very much but if want to know anything else about SI feel free to email meWww@Answer-Health@Com
sorry i couldn't help very much but if want to know anything else about SI feel free to email meWww@Answer-Health@Com