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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and sample demographics

From: Why alternative teenagers self-harm: exploring the link between non-suicidal self-injury, attempted suicide and adolescent identity

Categorical variables (Base sample = 452)

N

%

Alt (Emo, Goth, Punk) identity (Mv = 7)

  

  No identification

412

92.6

  Mild1

26

5.8

  Moderate to complete1

7

1.6

Nerd identity (Mv = 10)

  

  No identification

335

75.8

  Mild

76

17.2

  Moderate to complete

31

7.0

Jock identity (Mv = 6)

  

  No identification

70

15.7

  Mild

85

19.1

  Moderate to complete

291

65.2

Sex

  

  Female

209

46.2

  Male

243

53.8

Immigrant parent(s)

  

  Both parents German

329

72.8

  1 or 2 parents immigrant

123

27.2

School type

  

  Vocational

72

15.9

  Intermediate

206

45.6

  Academic

174

38.5

Socioeconomic status (Mv = 7)

  

  Lower

66

14.8

  Middle

281

63.1

  Upper

98

22.0

Physically or relational bullied (Mv = 203) 2

  

  Not victimised

219

88.0

  Victimised

30

12.0

SHBQ Self-injury (Mv = 8)

  

  No

352

79.3

  Yes

92

20.7

SHBQ Suicide attempt (Mv = 24)

  

  No

410

95.8

  Yes

18

4.2

SHBQ Suicide ideation (Mv = 64)

  

  No

289

74.5

  Yes

99

25.5

FASM Self-injury (Mv = 23)

  

  No

233

54.3

  Yes

196

45.7

  1. 1Categories collapsed for logistic regression analysis due to small numbers.
  2. 2Approximately 44% of participants’ did not take part in the sociometric section of the study in which victimisation was assessed.
  3. Mv = Missing values.