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Article

The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I)

by
Annalisa Valle
1,
Giulia Cavalli
1,
Laura Miraglia
1,*,
Edoardo Alfredo Bracaglia
1,
Peter Fonagy
2,
Cinzia Di Dio
1 and
Antonella Marchetti
1
1
Research Unit on Theory of Mind, Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy
2
Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College, UCL, London WC1E 6BT, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(4), 321; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13040321
Submission received: 7 March 2023 / Revised: 6 April 2023 / Accepted: 7 April 2023 / Published: 9 April 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Developmental Psychology)
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Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to establish the factorial validity and reliability of the Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents (RTSHIA), proposed by Vrouva and colleagues in 2010, in an Italian sample. The RTSHIA measures both Risk-Taking and Self-Harm behavior in adolescents. We administered the scale to a total of 1292 Italian adolescents from 9th to 12th grade; to verify the validity of the scale, we also assessed emotion regulation and psychopathological traits. The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (N = 638) and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (N = 660) confirmed the original two-factor structure of the RTSHIA (Risk-Taking and Self-Harm). The only differences in the Italian version of the RTSHIA (RTSHIA-I) were that one item was moved from the original Risk-Taking factor to the Italian Self-Harm factor, and another item that was not included in the original RTSHIA is now part of the Risk-Taking factor in the Italian version. The reliability of the RTSHIA-I is also confirmed, and both factors correlate with emotion regulation and externalizing/internalizing traits. Our results suggest that the RTSHIA-I is a useful tool for assessing Risk-Taking and Self-Harm behaviors in Italian adolescents, and the correlational patterns indicate that these behaviors may be related to difficulties in mentalization skills.
Keywords: risk-taking; self-harm; assessment; emotion regulation; internalizing/externalizing traits risk-taking; self-harm; assessment; emotion regulation; internalizing/externalizing traits

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Valle, A.; Cavalli, G.; Miraglia, L.; Bracaglia, E.A.; Fonagy, P.; Di Dio, C.; Marchetti, A. The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I). Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13040321

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Valle A, Cavalli G, Miraglia L, Bracaglia EA, Fonagy P, Di Dio C, Marchetti A. The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I). Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(4):321. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13040321

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Valle, Annalisa, Giulia Cavalli, Laura Miraglia, Edoardo Alfredo Bracaglia, Peter Fonagy, Cinzia Di Dio, and Antonella Marchetti. 2023. "The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I)" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 4: 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13040321

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Valle, A., Cavalli, G., Miraglia, L., Bracaglia, E. A., Fonagy, P., Di Dio, C., & Marchetti, A. (2023). The Risk-Taking and Self-Harm Inventory for Adolescents: Validation of the Italian Version (RTSHIA-I). Behavioral Sciences, 13(4), 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13040321

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