Association of non-suicidal self-injury with Internet addictive behavior among adolescents / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To explore the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and Internet addictive behavior in adolescents.@*Methods@#A cross-sectional survey of 15 538 middle school students across 5 provinces in China. Participants reported self- injury behavior during the past year and the Internet addition behaviors were assessed through Young’s Internet Addiction Test(IAT).@*Results@#The prevalence of self-reported 1-year NSSI, Internet addictive behavior and pre-addictive behaviors was 28.7%, 3.3% and 29.9%, respectively. After controlling for potential confounders, the Internet addition was positively correlated with NSSI, and the risk of all types of NSSI was higher in adolescent with Internet addition than those with mild suspected Internet addictive behavior(OR=1.3-2.8).@*Conclusion@#These findings indicate that Internet addition is associated with the incidence of NSSI in adolescents.