| Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent behaviour among high school-age youth; however, there remains confusion concerning the optimal sources of support and treatment for these adolescents. The current study sought to investigate how many adolescents with NSSI are willing to access help at school, as well as the variables related to their willingness to do so. Overall, 13.5% of the students who reported engaging in NSSI indicated that they were willing to seek help at school. The rate of help-seeking did not differ by gender or indices of NSSI severity, including the frequency of NSSI and number of body locations employed. Students who indicated that they would seek help had more people in their lives that knew about their NSSI, were more likely to report having been victimized at school, and indicated that they were more worried about some violent events occurring in their neighborhood, such as gang violence. |
