Understanding the Psychosocial Roots of Adolescent Self-Harm: Findings from a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia

Introduction: Self-harm or torturing oneself by intentionally injuring or cutting which is done to relieve the suffering felt. Self-harm behavior is often done by teenagers who are followed by mental health disorders such as symptoms of depression and anxiety. The purpose of this research analyzing predisposing factors of self-harm in adolescence at SMA N 1 Pejagoan. Methods: This study employed a quantitative research using descriptive analytic method with cross sectional approach, sampling using proportional random sampling. The number of samples in this study were 285 adolescents at SMA N 1 Pejagoan. Using 2 questionnaires to determine self-harm behavior using (self-harm inventory instrument) and to determine predisposing factors of self-harm using a predisposing factor screening instrument which has been declared valid, The validity tests indicated that all variables were statistically significant with P-values of