Previous studies show that low socio-economic status, behavior problems, somatic problems, eating disorders, thought problems, poor emotion regulation, poor communication, child maltreatment, delinquent and aggressive behaviors and substance use are associated with adolescent’s suicide ideation or self-harm behavior [28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36]. Although studies have examined the association between self-harm and suicide [16,17,18,19], there is limited information about the potentially shared and unique risk factors for self-harm and suicide attempts. The research question guiding the current study is whether or not suicidal behavior and self-harming have shared or unique risk and protective factors. Findings from this study will add to the relatively limited information currently available about co-occurring self-harm and suicidal behaviors among urban youth.
