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The influence of traumatic life events, affect, cognitions, emotion regulation processes, and coping on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior: An episodic experiential model

Armey, Michael F.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1248102470

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2009, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Psychological Sciences.
The present study introduces an episodic-experiential model of self-injurious behavior (SIB) in which episodes of self-injury occur in response to a combination of dispositional and situational factors, such as aversive affect, negative cognitions about the self, and emotion regulation deficits. Following informed consent and completion of an initial assessment battery, 36 participants who reported SIB completed a one-week experience sampling protocol in which participants provided several assessments of affect, cognition, and behavior each day. Participants also completed an experience sampling assessment following episodes of SIB. While results indicated that nonacceptance of emotional experiences, a willingness to engage in goal-directed behavior while experiencing aversive affect, low positive affect, and negative affect failed to significantly predict future episodes of SIB, the amount of variance explained by the model suggests that future development of the model is merited. Participants experienced significant increases in aversive affect prior to SIB episodes, which gradually diminished following SIB. Taken together, the results of this study represent an in vivo examination of the factors that influence the occurrence of SIB. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
Janis Crowther, PhD (Committee Chair)
David Fresco, PhD (Committee Member)
Manfred VanDulmen, PhD (Committee Member)
Susan Roxburgh, PhD (Committee Member)
David Hussey, PhD (Committee Member)
115 p.
Psychology
non-suicidal self-injury; self-mutilation; deliberate self-harm; emotion regulation

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  • Armey, M. F. (2009). The influence of traumatic life events, affect, cognitions, emotion regulation processes, and coping on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior: An episodic experiential model [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1248102470

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Armey, Michael. The influence of traumatic life events, affect, cognitions, emotion regulation processes, and coping on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior: An episodic experiential model. 2009. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1248102470.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Armey, Michael. "The influence of traumatic life events, affect, cognitions, emotion regulation processes, and coping on the occurrence of self-injurious behavior: An episodic experiential model." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1248102470

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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