ArticleBorderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation2020
Mental images, entrapment and affect in young adults meeting criteria of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) - a daily diary study.
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- Ecological Momentary Assessment of Self-Harm Thoughts and Behaviors: Systematic Review of Constructs From the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model.JMIR mental health · 2024Pooled it
- Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review.Clinical psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Early Evaluation of IMAGINATOR 2.0 Intervention Targeting Self-Harm in Young People: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial.JMIR formative research · 2026Trial
- Imaginator: A Proof-of-Concept Feasibility Trial of a Brief Imagery-Based Psychological Intervention for Young People Who Self-Harm.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2020Trial
- Self-harm-related mental imagery: A content analysis study of imagery reported by young people referred to mental health services.JCPP advances · 2025Article
- Practitioner Review: Treatments for young people who self-harm - challenges and recommendations for research and clinical practice.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Review
- The emotional surge: in-depth qualitative exploration of rumination and emotional turbulence in non-suicidal self-injurers.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Mental images of suicide: Theoretical framework and preliminary findings in depressed youth attending outpatient care.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2021Article
- Do Feelings of Defeat and Entrapment Change over Time? An Investigation of the Integrated Motivational-Volitional Model of Suicidal Behaviour Using Ecological Momentary Assessments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncidents of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) are often accompanied by mental images which could be perceived as distressing and/or soothing; yet existing data is derived from participants with a history of NSSI using retrospective methods. This study investigated mental images related to NSSI ("NSSI-images"), and their relationship to the proposed Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder (NSSID).
methodsAn e-mail was sent to all female students of the local University providing the link to an online screening and 201 students with a history of repetitive NSSI responded. Nineteen eligible participants meeting criteria of NSSID (mean age = 25; 32% with migrant background) further completed a baseline interview and a ten-day-diary protocol.
resultsAmong the sample of LIMITATIONS: Due to non-significant results among a small sample size and a low rate of NSSI among the NSSID-group, results remain preliminary.
conclusionsThe study provides information on feasibility and methodological challenges such as intervention effects of the diary. NSSI-images may be common among individuals who engage in NSSI; they may capture ambivalent (positive and negative) appraisals of NSSI and thus play a role in NSSI and possibly a disorder such as NSSID. The preoccupation with NSSI (Criterion C of NSSID in DSM-5) may as well be imagery-based. REGISTRATION: The study was retrospectively registered with the DRKS under the number DRKS00011854.
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