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Table 4 Frequency of participants’ responses to the SHI questionnaire

From: Self-harm prevalence and associated factors among street children in Mashhad, North East of Iran

 

Questions: In the past 4 months, have you intentionally done any of following behaviors?

Answer

Yes

No

Number (%)

Number (%)

1

Taking overdose(s)

7(7.10)

91(92.92)

2

Cutting one’s self

21(21.40)

77(78.60)

3

Burning one’s self

6(6.10)

92(93.90)

4

Hitting one’s self

26(26.50)

72(73.50)

5

Banging one’s head

16(16.30)

82(83.70)

6

Abusing alcohol

2(2.00)

96(98.00)

7

Driven recklessly

0(0.00)

98(100.00)

8

Superficially scratching self

16(16.30)

82(83.70)

9

Preventing wounds from healing

17(17.30)

81(82.70)

10

Making medical problems worse deliberately

11(11.20)

87(88.80)

11

Being promiscuous

1(1.00)

97(99.00)

12

Setting up a relationship for rejection

17(17.30)

81(82.70)

13

Abusing prescription medication

13(13.30)

85(86.70)

14

Distancing one’s self from God

29(29.60)

69(70.40)

15

Engaging in emotionally abusive relationships

16(16.30)

82(83.70)

16

Engaging in sexually abusive relationships

2(2.00)

96(98.00)

17

Losing a job deliberately

8(8.20)

90(91.80)

18

Attempting suicide

3(3.10)

95(96.90)

19

Exercising an injury deliberately

3(3.10)

95(96.90)

20

Engaging in self-defeating thoughts

19(19.40)

79(80.60)

21

Self-starvation

23(23.50)

75(76.50)

22

Abusing laxatives

1(1.00)

97(99.00)