ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Model Complexity Improves the Prediction of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
- Jessica Ribeiro
Florida State University - Kathryn Fox
Harvard University - Xieyining Huang
Florida State University - Joe Franklin
Florida State University - Shirley Wang
Harvard University
Abstract
Studies of NSSI (nonsuicidal self-injury) prediction have resulted in near-chance accuracy. Incongruence between theoretical understanding of NSSI and traditional statistical methods to predict these behaviors may explain this poor prediction. Within a sample of ~1,000 recent self-injurers, we compared the accuracy of statistical models of varying complexity in predicting NSSI.
Suicide
