ArticleBehaviour research and therapy2021
A test of the interpersonal function of non-suicidal self-injury in daily life.
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- A meta-analysis on the affect regulation function of real-time self-injurious thoughts and behaviours.Nature human behaviour · 2022Pooled it
- Non-suicidal self-injury and digital ostracism: a novel smartphone-based paradigm capturing real-time responses to social media exclusion.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2026Article
- Capturing affective states in everyday life - Comparing psychometric properties of two affect measures.Neuroscience applied · 2026Article
- Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: The moderating influence of social support utilization on depression.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
- [Comparative Study of the Positive Psychological Resources Network of Adolescents With Non-Suicidal Self-Injury].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2025Article
- Predictors of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with depressive disorder: the role of alexithymia, childhood trauma, and body investment.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Interpersonal stress and nonsuicidal self-injury disorder in veterans: An ecological momentary assessment study.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2023Article
- Heterogeneity of non-suicidal self-injury behavior in adolescents with depression: latent class analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Association of Borderline Personality Features and Self-Injury Among Adolescents with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: The Mediating Role of Alexithymia.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Article
- Personality characteristics, defense styles, borderline symptoms, and non-suicidal self-injury in first-episode major depressive disorder.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Theoretical models of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) posit that individuals use NSSI to influence others, but this remains largely untested. We used ambulatory assessment to test the interpersonal function of NSSI in the daily lives of 51 women with DSM-5 NSSI disorder. Participants reported NSSI events, urges, motives, and positive/negative interpersonal events (IPEs) for 14 days, providing five semi-random daily assessments and event-related NSSI reports. We analyzed 3,498 data-points, including 155 NSSI events, using multilevel models. We observed a positive concurrent association between the number of negative IPEs and NSSI engagement. Additionally, perceived distress of negative IPEs was positively associated with concurrent NSSI events and urges, and predicted later events. We saw no reduction in negative or increase in positive IPEs following NSSI. In a trait-level interview, participants endorsed interpersonal motives only minimally, but indicated that others often trigger NSSI. In daily life, participants rarely endorsed the motive 'get help/attention'. The results suggest that negative IPEs trigger NSSI, but that individuals in this sample rarely used NSSI for interpersonal motives and did not experience interpersonal reinforcement of NSSI. We discuss limitations of and possible solutions for under-reporting of interpersonal motives and benefits of studying interpersonal triggers (rather than outcomes) in future studies.
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