Deliberate self-injury in female Russian inmates

Psychol Rep. 2000 Dec;87(3 Pt 1):789-90. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.3.789.

Abstract

A study of female inmates in a Russian correctional facility indicated the self-injurers did not differ on aggression and hostility from the average female inmate.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aggression / psychology
  • Ethnicity / psychology*
  • Female
  • Hostility
  • Humans
  • Personality Inventory
  • Prisoners / psychology*
  • Russia
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / ethnology*
  • Self-Injurious Behavior / psychology