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Self-injurious behavior, emotion regulation, and attachment styles among college students in India

CONTEXT: Intentional self-directed acts of injury are the most common among adolescents and young adults. Developmental psychopathology theories that conceptualize pathways to self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) implicate insecure attachment representations and inadequate self-regulatory skills to cope...

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Autores principales: Kharsati, Naphisabet, Bhola, Poornima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163404
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.196049
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description CONTEXT: Intentional self-directed acts of injury are the most common among adolescents and young adults. Developmental psychopathology theories that conceptualize pathways to self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) implicate insecure attachment representations and inadequate self-regulatory skills to cope with emotional distress. AIMS: The study aimed to examine relationships between SIBs, attachment, and emotion regulation among college students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 470 participants from undergraduate and postgraduate colleges completed the functional assessment of self-mutilation questionnaire, attachment style questionnaire, and the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. RESULTS: Results indicated that 31.2% of the participants reported SIB in the past year, with the mean age of onset being 15.9 years. Moderate/severe forms of self-injury (e.g. cutting, burning) were reported by 19.8% of the sample. Self-injuring youth reported higher levels of anxious attachment, preoccupation with relationships and need for approval in relationships, and difficulties in all domains of emotion regulation. Logistic regression analysis identified preoccupation with relationships and impulse control difficulties as predictors of SIB. CONCLUSIONS: The findings have implications for comprehensive interventions for self-injuring youth.
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spelling pubmed-52484152017-02-03 Self-injurious behavior, emotion regulation, and attachment styles among college students in India Kharsati, Naphisabet Bhola, Poornima Ind Psychiatry J Original Article CONTEXT: Intentional self-directed acts of injury are the most common among adolescents and young adults. Developmental psychopathology theories that conceptualize pathways to self-injurious behaviors (SIBs) implicate insecure attachment representations and inadequate self-regulatory skills to cope with emotional distress. AIMS: The study aimed to examine relationships between SIBs, attachment, and emotion regulation among college students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 470 participants from undergraduate and postgraduate colleges completed the functional assessment of self-mutilation questionnaire, attachment style questionnaire, and the difficulties in emotion regulation scale. RESULTS: Results indicated that 31.2% of the participants reported SIB in the past year, with the mean age of onset being 15.9 years. Moderate/severe forms of self-injury (e.g. cutting, burning) were reported by 19.8% of the sample. Self-injuring youth reported higher levels of anxious attachment, preoccupation with relationships and need for approval in relationships, and difficulties in all domains of emotion regulation. Logistic regression analysis identified preoccupation with relationships and impulse control difficulties as predictors of SIB. CONCLUSIONS: The findings have implications for comprehensive interventions for self-injuring youth. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5248415/ /pubmed/28163404 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.196049 Text en Copyright: © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Self-injurious behavior, emotion regulation, and attachment styles among college students in India
title_full_unstemmed Self-injurious behavior, emotion regulation, and attachment styles among college students in India
title_short Self-injurious behavior, emotion regulation, and attachment styles among college students in India
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5248415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163404
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.196049
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