Poor family functioning mediates the link between childhood adversity and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury.
Matthew CasselsAnne-Laura van HarmelenSharon NeufeldIan GoodyerPeter B JonesPaul WilkinsonPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2018)
The findings support the cumulative suboptimal environmental hazards (proximal family relationships as a mediator) hypothesis. Improving the family environment at age 14 may mitigate the effects of CFA on adolescent onset of NSSI.