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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY
Volume 76, Issue 2, Pages 238-250Publisher
AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.238
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deliberate self-harm; self-injury; self-mutilation; etiology; risk factors; childhood abuse; childhood maltreatment; emotional responding
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Despite the clinical importance of deliberate self-harm, research on the risk factors for self-harm among nonclinical populations has been limited. This study examined the role of childhood maltreatment, emotional inexpressivity, and affect intensity/reactivity in the self-harm behavior of 249 female college students. Childhood maltreatment and low positive affect intensity/reactivity reliably distinguished women with frequent self-harm from women with no history of self-harm, as did the combination of greater maltreatment, greater inexpressivity, and higher levels of affect intensity/reactivity (global and negative). Among women with a history of self-harm, emotional inexpressivity was associated with more frequent self-harm, as was the combination of greater maltreatment, greater inexpressivity, and lower levels of positive affect intensity/reactivity.
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