Non-suicidal self-injury in young adults with and without borderline personality disorder : the role of emotion dysregulation and negative urgency Autolesión no suicida en adultos jóvenes con y sin trastorno límite de la personalidad: el papel de la desregulación emocional y la urgencia negativa
Schmidt, Carlos (Universitat de Barcelona)
Briones-Buixassa, Laia (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Nicolaou, Stella (Consorci Sanitari de l'Anoia & Fundació Sanitària d'Igualada)
Soler, Joaquim (Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau)
Pascual, Juan Carlos (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Vega, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as self-inflicted pain, and it is used as a mechanism to alleviate psychological distress. Although NSSI is prevalent in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), it is also an increasing concern among college student populations. While emotion dysregulation and negative urgency are associated with NSSI, little is known about which dimensions specifically predict the motivations (NSSI-functions) and frequency of self-harm. The current study explored the relationship between emotion dysregulation, negative urgency, and NSSI in 86 young adults, divided into three groups: college students with NSSI, BPD patients with NSSI, and a healthy control group without NSSI. We conducted multiple regression analyses to predicted NSSI-functions and NSSI-frequency. Non-acceptance of emotions, a specific dimension of emotion dysregulation, uniquely predicted intrapersonal NSSI-functions (e. g. , regu-lating distressing emotions), but not interpersonal NSSI-functions (e. g. , communicating distress). Lastly, poor emotion regulation strategies predicted NSSI-frequency only in individuals with high negative urgency, that is, individuals who tend to act impulsively when experiencing negative emotions, but not in those with low negative urgency. Findings shed light on the underlying motivations for engaging in self-injury, and they reveal facets of emotion dysregulation relevant for NSSI treatment.
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Language:	Castellà
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Autolesión ; Desregulación emocional ; Funciones de la autolesión ; Urgencia negativa
Published in:	Anales de psicología, Vol. 39 Núm. 3 (2023) , p. 345-353, ISSN 1695-2294

DOI: 10.6018/analesps.492631

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