1Research Scholar, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India-221005, E-mail: avadhbhu@gmail.com
2Assistant Professor & Supervisor, Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
3Professor & Co-supervisor, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Online published on 22 January, 2018.
This is a cross sectional study to find the prevalence of tendency of Deliberate Self Harm (DSH) and associated psycho-social and demographic factors among university students. In the study 340 students were participated. The self administered questionnaire was used to assess the psycho-social-demographic factors in the adolescents who had a tendency of deliberately self harm. The prevalence of tendency of DSH was significantly (P =0.003) high among students of more than 24 years age group (30.3%) as compared to age group of below 20 years (14.9%) and 20–24 years age group (18.1%). Age, history of substance abuse and physical abuse, poor relationship with family member and with friends, negative optimism, anger, impulsivity and history of psychiatric illness showed significant relationship with tendency of DSH. Gender, course, family type, socio-economic status and history of physical illness had no association with tendency of DSH in students.
Student, Tendency, Deliberate Self Harm, Psycho-social, Demographic
