Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury.
J Clin Psychol
; 79(8): 1699-1712, 2023 08.
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| ID: mdl-36840691
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
We aimed to identify profiles of ambivalence among individuals with a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and tested whether profiles differed across various theoretically informed constructs NSSI-related characteristics, cognitive (outcome expectancies, self-efficacy to resist NSSI), emotional (psychological distress, difficulties in emotion regulation), personality, and incentives to engage/not engage in NSSI.METHODS:
Individuals with a lifetime history of NSSI (n = 224) reported the extent to which they wanted to and did not want to engage in NSSI and completed well-validated measures of the constructs of interest.RESULTS:
Latent profile analysis indicated four ambivalence profiles (avoid n = 39; moderately ambivalent n = 85; highly ambivalent n = 30;approach:
n = 70). The profiles differed across a number of NSSI-related characteristics, cognitive, emotional, and incentive-related variables. Differences between the ambivalence profiles and the avoid/approach profiles varied across constructs. For example, the ambivalence and approach profiles were similar for NSSI-related outcome expectancies, but the ambivalence and avoidance profiles were similar for self-efficacy to resist NSSI.CONCLUSION:
Findings highlight variation between the desire to engage or not engage in NSSI that are consistent with the notion of ambivalence. Understanding these differences may allow for a more person-centered approach in treatment for NSSI.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento Autodestrutivo
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Regulação Emocional
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article