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

Table 5 Correlation between subcultural identity, self-injury, suicidal thoughts or behaviours

No.	Identity or self-harm measures	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1.	Identity factor 1: Alt	-
2.	Identity factor 2: Indie	.04	-
3.	Identity factor 3: Urban	.03	-.06	-
4.	Alt (Emo, Punk, Goth)¹	.87 **	.21 **	-.02	-
5.	Jock or Athlete	-.01	.04	.23 **	.01	-
6.	Nerd	.09	.09	-.09	.07	-.03	-
7.	SHBQ Self-injury	.20 **	.12 *	.08	.24 **	-.11	.03
8.	SHBQ Self-injury frequency	.32 **	.13 *	.03	.35 **	-.17 **	.04
9.	FASM Self-injury	.12 *	.02	.14 *	.17 **	-.18 **	-.03
10.	FASM Self-injury frequency	.21 **	.11 *	.04	.29 **	-.15 *	.00
11.	SHBQ Suicide attempt	.29 **	.05	.11	.25 **	-.11 *	.05
12.	SHBQ Suicide ideation	.13 *	.07	.05	.20 **	-.12 *	.06

Note: leading zeros omitted. * = p-level ≤ .05, ** = p-level ≤ .01. Significant correlations are emboldened. N = 311.
¹This refers to the highest level of identification with that set of subcultures.

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