Development Of Personality Traits Research Articles

Validation of the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire Short Form (MPQ-SF) for use in the context of international education.

The Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring individuals’ intercultural competences. The original version consists of 91 items, divided into five subscales, and has been shown to predict attitudes, behavior, and outcomes in a variety of intercultural contexts. Recently, a 40-item short form of the MPQ was developed (MPQ-SF), which may be particularly useful in settings in which time or survey space are limited, or where respondent drop-out is likely to occur. For example, the MPQ-SF would be a valuable tool for assessing longitudinal development of multicultural personality traits in training or educational settings. A prerequisite for such research is to establish measurement invariance of the MPQ-SF between different respondent groups, as well as across time points. Using a sample of students in an international university program (n = 519), the present study examines how the scales perform among male and female respondents, between students of Western and Non-Western background, and across two time points, five months apart. Based on our findings, we conclude that all five subscales of the MPQ-SF display sufficient measurement invariance to be reliably used in this and similar contexts, in comparative as well as longitudinal study designs.

A Program for the Development of Moral and Psychological Stability in Security Division Officers of Correctional Institutions

Addressing the issue concerning the development of moral and psychological stability in employees of security division of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia is of major importance to the functioning of correctional institutions. We regard the development of moral and psychological stability as a process of consistent development of personal traits, including self-evaluation of professional and psychological readiness to act in emergency situations, a sense of confidence in the legality of the use of firearms, the knowledge and skills required to respond adequately and adjust one’s emotional state when performing one’s duty; all these traits should help officers deal successfully with negative factors arising in the course of their service and use firearms lawfully. The topic of the paper is relevant, since there has been an increase in the number of violations related to officers’ non-compliance with the law. We have revealed that the level of moral and psychological stability in the majority of security division representatives (52.6%) is low: their sphere of emotional and volitional qualities is not developed; they do not have enough moral requirements and assessments, etc. In this regard, we have worked out a comprehensive target program, the goal of which is to form moral and psychological stability in security officers of correctional facilities in situations requiring the use of firearms. The program was implemented on the basis of correctional institutions in the Komi Republic Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. The program is based on the principles of activity, research orientation and objectification (awareness) of officers’ behavior and includes 56 academic hours (lectures, group classes). In the course of its implementation, various psychological and pedagogical techniques were used to encourage high-quality performance of professional duties. The positive outcome of the program is observed in the fact that officers who use firearms in their work become fully equipped with relevant knowledge, skills and abilities. The skills they acquire are the basis for maintaining personal emotional balance and developing necessary professional qualities. Key words: corrections officers; activity of a security division; moral and psychological stability; formation of emotional stability; training techniques; program for the formation of moral and psychological qualities in an individual.

Personality and its development in Veda

Personality is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character. At present, personality degradation is a global serious problem. The entire social atmosphere looks to be charged with the ambitions of unethical, immoral and unspiritual nature. Today‘s modern formal system of education is producing only money making machines ignoring the development of virtuous qualities and resulting in the development of negative personality traits. It is said that education in India was started during Vedic period. This system was centered to give importance for the development of personality achieved through Gurukula system, a center which provides practices, natural and appropriate environment, lessons on right conduct and teaching based on life, character and ideals of great person. In Vedic education one’s personality was developed through self-realization and self-respect. The end goal was to build self-awareness. In the present study, we should summaries the theories of personality and their practical application for the development of one ‘personality.

Examining the Relationships Between Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence, the Dark Tetrad of Personality, and Violence Perpetration in Adulthood.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a major international public health concern that poses significant mental and physical health risks for affected individuals. To improve prevention efforts, it is imperative that researchers and government bodies understand risk factors for IPV. One such risk factor concerns the extent to which violence is intergenerational, such that exposure to violence predisposes individuals to engage in violence toward intimate partners. The purpose of this research is to assess childhood exposure to violence as a risk factor for perpetration of IPV in adulthood, and to evaluate the Dark Tetrad personality traits as mediators in this relationship. We recruited 153 men and 246 women (age range = 18-73, Mage = 33.50, SDage = 10.26) through Amazon's Mechanical Turk to complete a series of questionnaires and an open-ended IPV perpetration assessment. Results showed no relationship between IPV perpetration and childhood IPV exposure, indicating that mediation analyses were not possible. Possible explanations are discussed. Follow-up exploratory analyses demonstrated that gender moderated the relationships between childhood IPV exposure and levels of Factor 1 psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Specifically, men who were exposed to IPV in childhood were more likely to develop higher levels of Factor 1 psychopathy and Machiavellianism, whereas women were not. Overall, our findings highlight the importance of providing researchers and clinicians with a greater understanding of environmental events preceding maladaptive trait development. It is also important for researchers and clinicians to consider gender differences in pathways between exposure to IPV and subsequent development of dark personality traits. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Association Between Sibling Composition in the Family of Origin and Moral Foundations in Adulthood

Considerable research has been performed on the association between sibling composition and various characteristics, including personality, intelligence, and social attitudes. These studies suggest that birth order among siblings could weakly but significantly affect the development of personality traits and intelligence. However, few studies on the association between sibling composition and moral foundations have been conducted. Therefore, the present study investigated whether sibling composition (only child, firstborn, laterborn) is related to moral values with a between-family design. A sample of 500 Japanese adults (250 women) completed the self-administered online questionnaire. The mean age was 45.42 years (SD = 8.53, range = 20–60, median = 46). The general linear model was used to test the association between sibling composition and moral values. The results showed no differences in five moral foundation and two higher-order moral dimension scores between firstborns and laterborns. However, only children scored lower on care/harm, fairness/cheating, and individualizing foundation than laterborns. This finding might indicate that growing up with their siblings positively affects the development of care/harm and fairness/cheating (individualizing foundation) regardless of one's position among those siblings.

The Relationship between Gaming Addiction, Aggressive Behaviour and Narcissistic Personality Traits among University Students in Malaysia

The impact of gaming addiction to all the university students in Malaysia have been concerned by the public as it can cause a lot of problem especially on violence behaviour and the development of narcissistic personality traits. This research aimed to examine the relationship between gaming addiction, aggressive behaviour and narcissistic personality traits among university students in Malaysia among university students in Malaysia. The target sample will be 100 university students between 18 to 30 years old from universities in Malaysia. The survey will include three instruments which are Internet Gaming Disorder Test questionnaire, Aggression Questionnaire and Narcissistic Personality Inventory. The result of data analysis showed that gaming addiction and aggressive behaviour have significantly positive correlation but there is no relationship found between gaming addiction and narcissistic personality traits. The implication of this research is gaming addiction might cause gamer that are addicted to possess aggressive behaviour.

FORMATION OF THE PERSONALITY OF A FUTURE DOCTOR THROUGH EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY: EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES

The article describes the experience of organizing and conducting extracurricular educational work at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology of Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy, aimed at shaping the personality of future doctors. Particular attention is paid to the fact that extracurricular work is focused on the development of independence, creativity, competitiveness and other fundamental personality traits of a specialist with higher education. An effective means of promoting students' creative self-fulfillment is a system of individual, group and collective forms of activity. Organization of extracurricular work with students at the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology is based on the principles of humanization; cooperation; voluntariness; expediency; interest; binary practical orientation. The implementation of these principles is carried out through generally accepted directions: national and patriotic, intellectual and spiritual, civil and legal, moral, ecological, aesthetic, labor and physical education, promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The department staff uses the following forms for organization of national upbringing: information digests, communication hours, round tables, reading conferences, competitions, debates, discussions, ethical conversations, excursions, and brain-rings, focused on the topics of various nature.

The mediating role of identity disturbance in the relationship between emotion dysregulation, executive function deficits, and maladaptive personality traits

Difficulties in emotion regulation, executive function, and identity are central concerns associated with maladaptive personality functioning. However, no prior research has looked at the shared influence of these variables, and the central role of identity disturbance. The aim of this study was therefore to address the gaps in the current literature regarding the relationship between emotion dysregulation, executive dysfunction, and identity disturbance in individuals presenting with maladaptive personality traits. Structural equation modelling was used to analyse the mediating effect of identity disturbance on the relationship between both emotion dysregulation and executive dysfunction with maladaptive personality traits, among 212 university students aged 18–25. Identity disturbance partially mediated the relationship between emotion dysregulation and maladaptive personality traits, and fully mediated the relationship between executive dysfunction and maladaptive personality traits. Our results suggest that identity disturbance is a central construct involved in the manifestation of maladaptive personality traits. Whilst emotion dysregulation maintains an influence on the development of maladaptive personality traits, identity disturbance explains part of this relationship, as well as the relationship between executive dysfunction and maladaptive personality traits. Implications of these findings are discussed.

The Concept of Researching the Development of Destructive Personality Traits in Convicts

The priority tasks of modern Russian penitentiary policy include the development of an effective system of enforcing criminal punishments and other criminal law measures. The implementation of this multi-faceted task is impossible without taking into consideration the personal traits of convicts sentenced to incarceration. When prisoners spend time in a correctional institution and are forced to enter its specific environment, they acquire social and personal attitudes that, unfortunately, are more often negative than positive. In the current article the authors examine problems connected with identifying the traits that characterize the personality of a convict as a specific criminological category. They attempt to present their own concept of researching the signs (primarily, penitentiary ones) of the formation of destructive personality traits in convicts. The realization of this task includes studying those features and characteristics of a convicts personality that possess the meaning and content highlighting the value and systemic essence of this personality. The authors believe that a multi-level criminological concept would be most suitable for such research, this concept should make it possible to study the whole structure of a convicts personality in a comprehensive way, and it is the motivation of a convicts behavior. A convict, just like any person, possesses a complex of leading motives that comprise the essence of his personality and determine his behavior. When researching the motivation of criminal behavior, it is possible to trace the interconnection of internal and external factors, study the methods and conditions of a specific crime, the personality of a criminal. At present, the researchers in the penitentiary field and the employees of the penitentiary institutions agree that it is necessary to conduct special research of the formation of an integrated system of specific factors that influence the motivation of convicts and cause the destruction of personality traits, which is typical of places of confinement. The authors believe that a characteristic feature of the socio-psychological element of a convicts personality is the disruption in the development of his sphere of motivation and senses as one of the factors of its formation.

PECULIARITIES OF THE MODERN MUSIC TEACHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The purpose of the article is to consider the specifics of the modern teacher of music art activity at school and the peculiarities of his professional training in a pedagogical higher education institution. The article analyzes the scientific literature on the definition of the concepts of “preparation”, “vocational training”, “vocational training of teachers”, “vocational training of music teachers”. The article considers the process of music teacher’s activity from the point of view of the application of necessary competences and personal qualities.The problem with the aesthetic and artistic education of schoolchildren is that the modern Ukrainian school does not have a clearly substantiated position on this. The reason is that there are no proper conditions for involving children in the acts. The mass culture prevails, the attention of children is not directed to understanding the specifics of art (in particular, national and foreign), and children themselves are little involved in creative processes. To overcome this problem, the future music teacher should learn the basics of emotional and artistic education during his training.As a result of the pedagogical research, it is determined that the modern music teacher should not only hold high-level lessons, but also possess the features of the organizer of cultural life at school. He can be a lecturer, an illustrator, a performer, a conductor, a head of the vocal circle, studios and club formations for music lovers among students.So, in general, the professional training of a modern music teacher should include measures that will promote the development of such personal traits and professional competences as: performing skill, pedagogical courage, ability to improvise, a broad outlook, and understanding of sociocultural processes in society.

Long-term consistency of personality traits of cattle.

Personality is often defined as the behaviour of individual animals that is consistent across contexts and over time. Personality traits may become unstable during stages of ontogeny from infancy to adulthood, especially during major periods of development such as around the time of sexual maturation. The personality of domesticated farm animals has links with productivity, health and welfare, but to our knowledge, no studies have investigated the development and stability of personality traits across developmental life stages in a mammalian farm animal species. Here, we describe the consistency of personality traits across ontogeny in dairy cattle from neonate to first lactation as an adult. The personality traits ‘bold’ and ‘exploratory’, as measured by behavioural responses to novelty, were highly consistent during the earlier (before and after weaning from milk) and later (after puberty to first lactation) rearing periods, but were not consistent across these rearing periods when puberty occurred. These findings indicate that personality changes in cattle around sexual maturation are probably owing to major physiological changes that are accelerated under typical management conditions at this time. This work contributes to the understanding of the ontogeny of behaviour in farm animals, especially how and why individuals differ in their behaviour.

Development of Tolerance as a Professionally Important Quality of Managers in Preschool Educational Institutions

The relevance of the article is determined by updating the content of professional training of future heads of preschool educational institutions, the essence of which is not only in the development of professional knowledge, skills and abilities but also in the development of personal traits, in particular professional tolerance. The purpose of the research is to analyse tolerance as a component of the professional development of a future manager in the field of education based on its definitive meanings and development in the process of professional training. Scientific research was conducted using general research methods, such as structural analysis, synthesis, generalisation, and modelling. The article analyses the main views on the interpretation of the concepts of “tolerance”, “development of tolerance” and “professional tolerance of the head of a preschool education institution”. It is found out that tolerance is an acquired personal trait, as a result of which there is a need for its systematic development in the process of obtaining higher education by future managers. The structure of professional qualities of the manager, which includes abilities, knowledge and skills, as well as socio-psychological characteristics, is substantiated. It is determined that the qualities of a manager in the field of education have their own characteristics, in particular, the division into three key groups: qualities that reproduce the attitude of the manager to his activities; qualities that show the attitude of the manager to himself and qualities that are aimed at indicating relations with subordinates and society. It is suggested to introduce the theoretical block “development of tolerance as a professionally important quality of heads of preschool educational institutions in the process of professional training” during the training of future teachers in higher educational institutions. The value of scientific work lies in the development of a content module for the establishment of professional tolerance with its subsequent practical justification

Розвиток історичної компетентності десятикласників засобами підручника історії України

The article reveals the tasks and functions of a modern history textbook. The didactic support of implementing the updated education content sets the task of creating a new generation of school textbooks, designed on competence-based principles, which ensure individualization of learning and promote the creative development of the individual. It is stated that a competence-oriented textbook is a model of an educational process based on the competence-based approach. It reflects the goals, content, forms and methods of learning and enables them to be put into practice. It has been established that a competence-oriented textbook should focus on the practical importance of the students’ knowledge and productivity of the educational result. We consider that the main tasks of the competence-oriented history textbook are facilitation of the development of intellectual skills and personality traits of students, their motivation, enhancing value orientation and personality features. It ensures the development of competences of lyceum students and is a basis for their active life in the modern life. It is underscored on the conceptual foundations of design and the features of a competentce-oriented textbook as the main means of teaching history for students. Possibilities of the textbook for development of historical competence of students in a set of chronological, spatial, informational, logical and axiological components are determined. Examples of the tasks included in the textbooks of history of Ukraine by two copyright collectives are given; they allow the formation / development of these components of the core historical competence.

Features of Coping Strategies in Students Brought Ap in a Single-Parent Family

The article presents a theoretical analysis of the problematic of the peculiarities of personality coping strategies in psychological research. Family is an important external factor that influences the formation of a person's coping behavior in situations of shock. On the one hand, the child's coping behavior can be viewed as a result of negative influence from the parents, on the other hand, as a result of the mastering of coping behavior patterns demonstrating by the parents. It was determined that the adaptive behavior of students in difficult life situations predetermines the effectiveness of adaptation to new living conditions, directly affects academic performance, professional development and personal formation. An important practical task is to prepare student youth for the effective use of coping strategies in future professional activities, because coping is part of the structure of personal potential. It is precisely the purposeful formation of effective coping behavior in the learning process at HEI that should take into account the conditions of the student's upbringing (in complete and incomplete families). It has been empirically investigated that the structure of the family influences the choice of coping strategies of students in stressful situations. Child-parent relations affect the formation of a child's overcoming behavior system through the formation and development of such behavioral strategies and personality traits in him, which subsequently mediate their preference for certain coping strategies. The influence of the upbringing of both parents on the formation of coping behavior models in children is very significant. A significant role in the choice of coping strategies is played by the upbringing of a child in an incomplete family, somewhat less - for orphaned students.

Психические и поведенческие нарушения у мирного населения региона, подвергшегося локальным военным действиям

Currently an acute and persistent problem for humanity is participation in military activities, including local conflicts which oftentimes involve activities of radical organizations. Shooting, shelling, bombing, taking hostages, forceful retention, which provide imminent threat to the lives and well-being of people, belong to the most significant psychologically traumatic factors of modern life. The article looks into the consequences of the negative impact of the distress which civilians and refugees (including children) have gone through. Not infrequently these negative consequences lead to deterioration in the quality of life, development of pathological personality traits, social maladaptation, emergence of co-morbid mental and somatic diseases. In the number of the studies we analyzed it is emphasized that massive negative impact on the mental health from the multiple traumatizing factors turns out to be more devastating in the long run than it is in the beginning. Therefore, the following becomes critically important: the earliest possible detection of mental and behavioral disorders in the victims, preventive treatment of their post-stress disorders at the remote stages of the traumatic experience as well as their complete and timely rehabilitation and reintegration into society.

Traditional folklore in the children's cycle of family rituals of the Kadar ethnic group

Value orientations, national mindset, and ethnic self-awareness have formed throughout multiple centuries by the means of traditional folklore. The texts of older generation referred to children, children compositions and practices along with upbringing techniques in the bosom of family or community ensured the development of personality traits of a child, introduction to labor, behavioral and communication norms, rituals, and all aspects of the national culture. The traditional folklore of family ritualism of Kadar people creates an ideal environment for the development of a child. This article is first to study the traditional folklore of family ritualism of the Kadar ethnic group in the children's cycle, as well as semantics of the indicated ritual processes. The existence of traditions and rituals in modern society ensures the continuity and reproduction of the cultural foundations of the Kadar ethnos, spiritual and moral wellbeing of modern society. It is revealed that rational, traditional and theological methods and techniques were closely intertwined in the rites of the children's cycle of the family ritual of Kadar people, and were aimed towards upbringing a healthy new generation. One of the main leitmotifs in the lullaby genre of Kadar folklore consists in a problem of the moral and aesthetic ideal of personality.

SPORDA SOSYAL BÜTÜNLEŞME DÜZEYİ İLE KİŞİLİK TİPLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİLER VE ETKİLEŞİMLER

Personality traits influence behavior and motivation related to social integration. For this reason, this research is important in terms of the fact that the sport which is thought to be a social environment and provides the socialization of individuals will contribute to the development of personality traits and as a tool to help psychologists. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships and interactions between the level of social integration in sports and personality types. In this study, relational survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The research group of this study consists of 152 female and 148 male high school and university students who study in sports sciences in Niğde province, selected by convenience (accidental) sampling method and criteria sampling method from random sampling methods. Survey method was used as data collection tool. The first part of the three-part questionnaire contains the "social integration scale in sports" developed by Yilmaz et al. (2007), the second part contains the personality types scale adapted to Turkish by Sudak and Zehir (2013) developed by Goldberg (1990), and the third part contains the personal data form. In addition to descriptive statistics in the analysis of the data; normality tests, Pearson correlation analysis, multiple linear regression analysis were used. In addition, the Z score was calculated and the differences between the groups were examined in order to compare the r values that appeared in the binary correlation analysis by dividing them into groups. As a result of the analysis, significant positive correlations were found between the sub-dimensions of the two measurement instruments at low, medium and high levels in general. As a result, sports are a very important tool for the development of personality along with the social integration of individuals.

KOSGEB Uygulamalı Girişimcilik Eğitimi Alan Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Girişimci Kişilik Özellikleri ve Kariyer Planları Arasındaki İlişki: AKÜ Örneği1 (The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Personality Characteristics and Career Plans of University Students Undergoing KOSGEB Applied Entrepreneurship Training: The Case of AKU)

Purpose – The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of entrepreneurial personality traits on career preferences of university students in Applied Entrepreneurship Education. Design/methodology/approach – The population of the study consisted of third and fourth grade students studying at Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Technology and Tourism Faculty. The sample of the study consists of 595 students who received Applied Entrepreneurship Training and who returned to the survey from this group. In order to analyze the obtained data and determine the reliability of the questionnaire, SPSS statistical package program was used for social sciences. Reliability Analysis for measuring the reliability of the questionnaires through SPSS statistical package program, Normality Test for measuring whether the responses to the questionnaire are distributed normally, Factor Analysis for analyzing the value of the factor loadings of the questionnaire expressions and Multiple Regression Analysis, Independent Sample T-Test and Correlation Analysis were used for testing hypotheses. Findings - It was concluded that there was a significant relationship between entrepreneurial personality traits and career values of the students. It was found that the factor that has the most effect on entrepreneurial personality traits is pure challenge and the entrepreneurial personality trait that has the most impact on career values is the need for success. It was determined that there is a positive linear relationship between entrepreneurship education and career values, entrepreneur personality traits and entrepreneurship tendency. Discussion – The universe of the research consists of the third and fourth grade students who take Applied Entrepreneurship Course at Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Technology Faculty and Tourism Faculty. The limitation of this study is that the user research was conducted only with the students who received Applied Entrepreneurship Education in certain faculties. For this reason, the development of entrepreneurial personality traits and career values of the students who received and without entrepreneurship education could not be compared. In order to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial personality traits and career values in more detail, studies can be conducted on a sample group of students with and without entrepreneurship training. As a result, the findings obtained by evaluating the data collected in the literature and user research revealed that there are significant relationships between entrepreneurial personality traits, career values and entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship tendency and career choice.

Влияние на физическата активност върху формиране на личностни качества според анкетно проучване

The educational process of physical education and sport in the initial stage of the primary education helps build the foundations for the positive attitude of the trainees towards sport, personal physical development and physical capacity, motivation, needs and interests. The purpose of this survey is to identify parents’ willingness to encourage their children to participate in organized sports activities at school and beyond, and to determine the impact of physical activity on the development of personal traits in first grade students. The contingent of the survey is 30 parents of students in the first grade of “Vasil Levski” Secondary school – Troyan. To achieve this goal, the following tasks must be completed: 1. To investigate the parental capacity to provoke physical activity in children. 2. To identify certain personality traits of first grade students after undergoing physical activity. 3. To process the received data and formulate conclusions and recommendations for practice in physical activity. For the successful outcome of the survey the following methods were applied: literature review on the subject and the survey questionnaire method. Based on the answers received from parents to pupils in first grade, it can be concluded that, positive emotional communication of children during participation in sports activities influences the interaction and the way of communication with their relatives, strengthens their self-assessment, regulates social behavior, increases the tolerance towards loved ones and strangers, lowers aggressiveness and emotional lability, and last but not least - forms the basis of a healthy lifestyle.

Prospective Prediction of First Onset of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescent Girls

Adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant risk factor for suicidal behavior and an important clinical marker of psychopathology. NSSI is especially common in adolescent girls. A number of psychosocial correlates of adolescent NSSI have been identified, including problems characterized by disinhibition and negative affectivity. However, it is unknown whether these characteristics prospectively predict first-onset NSSI, limiting our understanding of its etiology and prevention. The current study addresses this gap in the literature. Participants in the Adolescent Development of Emotion and Personality Traits (ADEPT) project at Stony Brook University who had not experienced NSSI at baseline (462 girls, mean age= 14.39 years, SD= 0.62 years) completed baseline measures of hypothesized risk factors related to problems with disinhibition and negative affectivity, including adolescent psychopathology, personality and clinical traits, and parental psychopathology. First onset of NSSI was monitored at 9-month intervals by in-person and telephone interviews over the next 36 months. There were 42 first onsets of NSSI (9.1%) in the 3 years since baseline. First-onset NSSI was independently predicted by adolescents' low conscientiousness, high avoidance, and parental substance abuse at baseline. The composite risk index predicting first-onset NSSI demonstrated good accuracy for identifying girls who will start self-injuring (area under the curve= 0.78, sensitivity= 0.85, specificity= 0.57). These results highlight the role of disinhibition and avoidance in the development of NSSI. The risk index predicting NSSI onset may help to guide the design and application of novel interventions to prevent this condition in adolescent girls.