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Mashalpoure fard M, Fallah Neudehi M, Jamshiddoust Mianroudi F, Solgi Z. The Role of Childhood Trauma, Cognitive Flexibility, and Cognitive Distortions in Predicting Self-harming Behaviors among Female Adolescents. CJHR 2023; 8 (2) :85-92
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Marzieh Mashalpoure fard1 
, Masoumeh Fallah Neudehi * 2, Fatemeh Jamshiddoust Mianroudi3 , Zahra Solgi1
, Masoumeh Fallah Neudehi * 2, Fatemeh Jamshiddoust Mianroudi3 , Zahra Solgi1
1- Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2- Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. , m_fallah@pnu.ac.ir
3- School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University
2- Educational Sciences and Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran. , m_fallah@pnu.ac.ir
3- School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Mohaghegh Ardabili University
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Background: Increasing public health concerns are being raised about adolescent self-harming behaviors. The previous study indicates that childhood trauma can be related to self-harm.
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive flexibility, and cognitive distortions in predicting self-harming behaviors among female adolescents in Shahrood, Iran.
Materials & Methods: The research method was cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study included all female students in the junior high schools of Shahrood, Iran in the academic year 2022-23. A sample of 220 female adolescents (aged 13–15) was recruited through multi-stage sampling. Participants had at least one self-harming behavior in their clinical records. The child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory-Iranian Version, The Cognitive Distortion Scale, and Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire were completed. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate linear regression model.
Results: The mean age of study participants was 13.70 (standard deviation=1.02), almost 73% of the samples were from 13 to 14 years old, and most students came from three- and four-member families (81%). Findings of multivariate linear regression revealed that childhood trauma (β=0.137, t=2.828) and cognitive distortions (β = 0.188, t=3.940) were positive and significant predictors of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, Cognitive flexibility (β = -0.237, t=-4.957) was a negative and significant predictor of self-harming behaviors in adolescents.
Conclusion: The results of this study may have implications for increasing mental health awareness among students and school programs to prevent self-harm.
Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the relationship between childhood trauma, cognitive flexibility, and cognitive distortions in predicting self-harming behaviors among female adolescents in Shahrood, Iran.
Materials & Methods: The research method was cross-sectional. The statistical population of the study included all female students in the junior high schools of Shahrood, Iran in the academic year 2022-23. A sample of 220 female adolescents (aged 13–15) was recruited through multi-stage sampling. Participants had at least one self-harming behavior in their clinical records. The child Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Cognitive Flexibility Inventory-Iranian Version, The Cognitive Distortion Scale, and Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire were completed. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate linear regression model.
Results: The mean age of study participants was 13.70 (standard deviation=1.02), almost 73% of the samples were from 13 to 14 years old, and most students came from three- and four-member families (81%). Findings of multivariate linear regression revealed that childhood trauma (β=0.137, t=2.828) and cognitive distortions (β = 0.188, t=3.940) were positive and significant predictors of self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Moreover, Cognitive flexibility (β = -0.237, t=-4.957) was a negative and significant predictor of self-harming behaviors in adolescents.
Conclusion: The results of this study may have implications for increasing mental health awareness among students and school programs to prevent self-harm.
Article Type: Original Contributions |
Subject:
Health Management
Received: 2022/08/28 | Accepted: 2022/12/1 | Published: 2023/04/1
Received: 2022/08/28 | Accepted: 2022/12/1 | Published: 2023/04/1
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