Research Article

Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviors in Hong Kong Adolescents: Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates

Table 2

Percentage of participants with self-harming behavior.

During the past year, did you ever intentionally any of the following.NoYes
NumberPercentNumberPercent

(1) Cut your wrist, arms, or other area(s) of your body?304291.7%2778.3%
(2) Burned yourself with a cigarette?329799.2%260.8%
(3) Burned yourself with a lighter or a match?327498.7%421.3%
(4) Carved words into your skin?315395.1%1614.9%
(5) Carved pictures, designs, or other marks into your skin?313594.9%1695.1%
(6) Severely scratched yourself, to the extent that scarring or bleeding occurred?295689.6%34310.4%
(7) Bit yourself, to the extent that you broke the skin?304592.6%2447.4%
(8) Rubbed sandpaper on your body?326399.1%300.9%
(9) Dripped acid onto your skin?327999.7%100.3%
(10) Used bleach, comet, or oven cleaner to scrub your skin?325999.5%160.5%
(11) Stuck sharp objects such as needles, pins, and staples, into your skin (not including tattoos, ear piercing, needles used for drug use, or body piercing)?315896.8%1033.2%
(12) Rubbed glass into your skin?317898.4%521.6%
(13) Broken your own bones?320399.4%200.6%
(14) Banged your head against something, to the extent that you caused a bruise to appear?306095.7%1384.3%
(15) Punched yourself, to the extent that you caused a bruise to appear?299294.2%1845.8%
(16) Prevented wounds from healing?287691.4%2728.6%
(17) Done anything else to hurt yourself that was not asked about in this questionnaire?298695.3%1484.7%

Participants who had shown any of the above self-harm behaviors224167.3%108732.7%