Investigating the frequency of self-injury in students with symptoms of intermittent anger disorder

Fariborz Nejadheydari¹ Seyed Mousa Kafi² Abbas Abolghasemi³

1) M.A student in General Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
2) Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
3) Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

IOI Code : XEEG-HBFGF
Publication : First National Congress of Neuroscience and Psychology Studies(cnps.ir)
Abstract :
    The prevalence of self-injurious behaviors is associated with many personal and social consequences. The prevalence of this disorder in some communities, including students, needs more investigation. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the frequency of self-injury in students with symptoms of intermittent anger disorder. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey on 317 female and 256 male students of Gilan University by random sampling method. The data were collected with the questionnaire of intermittent explosive anger disorder of Kakaro et al. (2014) and self-injury behaviors and functions of Khanipour (2013). 74 men (23.35 percent) and 55 women (21.5 percent) had symptoms of self-injurious behavior. The results of this research have an important implication in the field of prevention of self-injurious behaviors in students with symptoms of intermittent anger disorder.

Keywords : self injury intermittent anger disorder students