Adverse Childhood Experiences and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicidality in Chinese Adolescents

In this study, exposure to ACEs was associated with an increased risk of NSSI and suicidality, with particularly high increases for threat-related ACEs, independent of the interaction of supportive school environments, but supportive school environments could modify such detrimental outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of enhancing school environments to prevent NSSI and suicidality among adolescents who have experienced ACEs.