@article{ref1,
title="Non-suicidal self-injury and emotional burden among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional online survey",
journal="BJPsych open",
year="2022",
author="Schleicher, Daniel and Heidingsfelder, Elisa and Kandsperger, Stephanie and Jarvers, Irina and Ecker, Angelika and Brunner, Romuald",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="e1-e1",
abstract="Owing to restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased stress is evident in university students with a lifetime history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). Therefore, we examined two groups of university students (n = 174) in an online survey, one that exhibited early NSSI in adolescence (n = 51) and another that exhibited continuous NSSI beyond the age of 18 (n = 123) (German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00023731). We compared the two groups in terms of depressive symptoms in the previous 2 weeks as well as self-perceived changes in emotional burden, urge to self-injure and NSSI frequency in the first year of the pandemic compared with the year before (pre-pandemic). Among other findings, both groups showed an increase in emotional burden and urge to self-injure.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2056-4724",
doi="10.1192/bjo.2022.616",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2022.616"
}