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Predicting impulsive self-injurious behavior in a sample of adult women
Different types of self-injury have been classified as reflecting impulsive and compulsive characteristics (article by Simeon and Favazza [Self-injurious Behaviors: Assessment and Treatment {pp 1-28}. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 2001]). The current research used a prospective design to evaluate whether there is a progression between these different types of self-injurious behaviors (SIB) over time. Support was found for a progression from compulsive SIB (including hair pulling, nail-biting, skin picking, scratching, and preventing wounds from healing) to impulsive SIB (including cutting, burning, carving, pin sticking, and punching) in a group of adult women (N = 106). Other factors hypothesized to be linked to this outcome were disordered eating, age, and personality facets of impulsivity (specifically, urgency and lack of perseverance). Of these variables, only urgency positively predicted impulsive SIB at the study's conclusion. These findings are discussed, limitations of the study are noted, and directions for future research are outlined.
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Journal of nervous and mental diseaseVolume
201Issue
1Pagination
72 - 75Publisher
Lippincott Williams and WilkinsLocation
Philadelphia, Pa.Publisher DOI
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1539-736XLanguage
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, Lippincott Williams & WilkinsUsage metrics
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AdolescentAdultAgedCompulsive BehaviorFemaleHumansImpulsive BehaviorMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrevalenceProspective StudiesPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSelf-Injurious BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsYoung Adultself-injurydisordered eatingeating disordersScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineClinical NeurologyPsychiatryNeurosciences & NeurologyHARM
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