Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
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Risk factors for self-harm

Approved: 2012

Collaborators:

  • Prof Mike Jones
  • Prof Jennifer Hudson

Synopsis

The present study seeks to build on past research by introducing a more complex analysis of risk factors for self-harm. Three studies are proposed: a) a preliminary study examining the concurrent risk factors for self-harm; b) exploration of whether there may be more than one psychological profile to describe young women who self-harm. These groups can then be compared with respect to short- and long-term outcomes; and c) seeking to predict self-harm by utilising longitudinal data. We would then compare whether short and long term outcomes vary according to self-harm status.