'Swipe & slice': decoding digital struggles with non-suicidal self-injuries among youngsters

IntroductionNonsuicidal-self-injury (NSSI)-related content recently emerged on social networking sites (SNS), despite its relationship with NSSI conducts is still unclear.MethodsHence, the current population-based cross-sectional study investigated the interplay between SNS use, NSSI content engagement, risky social media challenges (RSMCs), in a sample of 404 young adults (aged 18–24), focusing on the influence of problematic social media use (PSMU) and fear of missing out (FoMO).ResultsAround 51.5% of the samplewas engaged inNSSI-related contents on SNS, being mostly females (p