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KMID : 1118520190160070504
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Psychiatry Investigation
2019 Volume.16 No. 7 p.504 ~ p.512
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Are Tattoos an Indicator of Severity of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behavior in Adolescents?
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Solis-Bravo Marco Antonio
Flores-Rodriguez Yassel
Tapia-Guillen Liliana Guadalupe
Gatica-Hernandez Aymara
Guzman-Resendiz Miriam
Salinas-Torres Luis Alberto
Vargas-Rizo Tania Lucila
Albores-Gallo Lilia
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Abstract
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Objective: To compare adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury behavior and tattoos [NSSI (T+)] with another group with non-suicidal self-injury behavior without tattoos [NSSI (T-)].
Methods: Adolescents (n=438) 42.6% males from the community (M=12.3, SD=1.3), completed the Self-Injury Schedule.
Results: The lifetime prevalence of tattoos performed with the purpose to feel pain was 1.8%. Compared to the NSSI (T-) group, the NSSI (T+) group was significantly more likely to meet the DSM-5 frequency criteria of 5 self-injury events in 1 year, practice more than one method of self-injury, and topography, more suicidal intentionality, more negative thoughts and affective emotions before, during, and after self-injury and more academic and social dysfunction.
Conclusion: Adolescents from the community who practice tattooing to feel pain, show a distinct phenotype of NSSI. Health professionals and pediatricians should assess tattooing characteristics such as intention (to feel pain), frequency, and presence of non-suicidal self-injury behavior and suicide intentionality.
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KEYWORD
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Tattoo, Self-injury, Suicide, Child and adolescence psychiatry, Prevalence
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