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Adolescent NSSI and recovery: the role of family functioning and emotion regulation
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posted on 2018-11-01, 00:00 authored by L Kelada, P Hasking, Glenn MelvinGlenn Melvin© The Author(s) 2016. We examined how family functioning and emotion regulation strategies relate to both a history of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and recovery from NSSI. Participants were 272 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years (M = 14.50 years, SD = 1.46 years), of whom 17.6% reported a history of NSSI. As expected, poor family functioning was associated with engagement in NSSI. Among the emotion regulation variables, higher use of self-blame and lower use of refocus on planning was associated with NSSI. Self-blame and refocus on planning also mediated the relationship between family functioning and NSSI. Similarly, better family functioning and adaptive emotion regulation were related to recovery, while maladaptive emotion regulation was negatively related to recovery. Adaptive emotion regulation moderated the relationship between family functioning and NSSI recovery. We discuss how family-based interventions combined with emotion regulation education may help deter NSSI engagement.
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Youth and societyVolume
50Issue
8Pagination
1056 - 1077Publisher
Sage PublicationsLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0044-118XeISSN
1552-8499Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, The AuthorsUsage metrics
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Social SciencesSocial IssuesSocial Sciences, InterdisciplinarySociologySocial Sciences - Other Topicsself-injuryrecoveryfamily functioningemotion regulationNONSUICIDAL SELF-INJURYSERIOUS MENTAL-ILLNESSHIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTSREGULATION STRATEGYCHILD MALTREATMENTCOMMUNITY SAMPLEHARMPOPULATIONPREVALENCERUMINATIONSociology
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