Males as likely to SI as females – new research
I’m pleased to bring you research that will be published on Monday, (yes, I was able to get my hands on it early) that shows that we should not assume that females are more likely to self-injure, as stated by numerous tradional reports.
Trigger Warning – Scientific language and Emotive SI language
Results
“No gender differences were observed among skin-cutters, most of whom reported experiences of trauma. BPD was recorded for a minority of those skin-cutters without a history of trauma. PBI scores discriminated between non-BPD skin cutters and non-BPD comparison participants without a history of trauma.”
Conclusions
“Although these results provide further confirmation of a potential association between prior trauma and repetitive skin-cutting, they rigorously challenge the validity of reported gender differences for this behaviour. Further, this study has
identified that repetitive skin-cutting can arise independently of BPD and prior trauma.
Clinical implications of these results and suggested directions for future research are discussed.”
LifeSIGNS has always thought that the reporting of SI in males and females has been biased; we recognise that perhaps men and boys talk about thier behaviour and their emotions in a different way to women.
LifeSIGNS is producing a ‘Male SI’ factsheet as we speak!
