@article{ref1,
title="Parental and community risk factors for childhood self-harm thoughts and behaviours",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2022",
author="O'Hare, Kirstie and Watkeys, Oliver and Whitten, Tyson and Dean, Kimberlie and Laurens, Kristin R. and Harris, Felicity and Carr, Vaughan J. and Green, Melissa J.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Childhood self-harm is rare but increasing in frequency. Little is known about risk factors specifically for self-harm in preteen children. <br><br>METHODS: We examined self-harm thoughts and behaviours in children aged 3-14 years in association with parental and community-level risk factors, using a large general population-based record linkage sample (n = 74,479). <br><br>RESULTS: Parental factors were strongly associated with childhood self-harm, with over three-quarters of children with self-harm having a parent with a history of mental disorder and/or criminal offending. Community-level factors (socioeconomic deprivation, remote or regional location, and neighbourhood crime rate) were not associated with childhood self-harm after adjustment for confounding factors. LIMITATIONS: Measures of self-harm thoughts and behaviours derived from administrative data likely underestimate the prevalence of self-harm in the population. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Intergenerational transmission of risk factors is likely an important contributor to childhood self-harm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050"
}