Body image as a mediator of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents.
J Adolesc
; 35(1): 1-9, 2012 Feb.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21777971
ABSTRACT
Attitudes towards the body have been largely overlooked as a potential risk factor for adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) despite theorizing that a negative body image may play a critical role in the development of this behavior. The current study used structural equation modeling to evaluate the fit of a theoretical model specifying body image as a mediator between negative affect and NSSI in a combined clinical and non-clinical sample of 284 adolescents. The data supported the model, accounted for 21.6% of the variance in NSSI, and body image significantly mediated the relationship between negative affect and NSSI. These findings provide essential preliminary evidence that body image may represent a necessary but not sufficient risk factor for NSSI in adolescents and that treatment for NSSI should consider targeting body-related pathology in addition to emotion regulation. The findings also support including body image within developing etiological models of NSSI.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento Autodestrutivo
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Transtornos do Humor
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Transtornos Dismórficos Corporais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
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Article