text: Paradoxical behaviors: the case of NSSI 
  
  “Self-injury behaviors” is an umbrella term that includes a wide 
  range of behaviors (and intentions), including suicide attempts, 
  superficial cuts, and medication withdrawals (Skegg 2005, Nock 
  2010). We focus on NSSI behaviors as the direct, deliberate 
  destruction of body tissue without lethal intent (e.g. cutting one- 
  self). A distinction is also made between NSSI performed stereo- 
  typically in the context of developmental disabilities (e.g. head 
  banging) and major injuries often observed in psychotic disorders. 
  The most frequent examples of NSSI include cutting the skin with 
  a sharp object (e.g. a knife, razor blade, or needle) and skin burn, 
  usually with a cigarette (Khanipour et al. 2016). Patients often 
  injure themselves, in a single act, by inflicting multiple injuries 
  at the same body site, usually in areas that are easily hidden 
  but accessible (e.g. forearms and anterior thighs). The behavior 
  is often repeated, resulting in extensive scarring patterns. The age 
  
  NSSI in adolescence 
  
  Adolescence is the period of developmental transition from child- 
  hood to adulthood, which might be stretched up to the early 
  20s due to current sociocultural changes (e.g. delays in complet- 
  ing education, occupational attainment, and parenthood) (Patton 
  et al. 2018). Among the challenges that adolescents have to face 
  are the structuring of a “narrative identity” or self-story, featuring 
  the development of a sense of personal identity that integrates 
  past experiences with current, and future goals and meanings in 
  a coherent whole over time (McAdams and McLean 2013, McLean 
  and Lilgendahl 2019). The definition of the new boundaries of 
  adolescents’ personal identity involves significant changes in the 