A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure

Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a complex behaviour, routinely engaged for emotion regulatory purposes. As such, a number of theoretical accounts regarding the aetiology and maintenance of NSSI are grounded in models of emotion regulation; the role that cognition plays in the behaviour is less we...

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Main Authors: Hasking, Penelope, Whitlock, J., Voon, D., Rose, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13056
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author Hasking, Penelope
Whitlock, J.
Voon, D.
Rose, A.
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Voon, D.
Rose, A.
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description Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a complex behaviour, routinely engaged for emotion regulatory purposes. As such, a number of theoretical accounts regarding the aetiology and maintenance of NSSI are grounded in models of emotion regulation; the role that cognition plays in the behaviour is less well known. In this paper, we summarise four models of emotion regulation that have repeatedly been related to NSSI and identify the core components across them. We then draw on social cognitive theory to unite models of cognition and models of emotion in developing a new cognitive-emotional model of NSSI. Our model articulates how emotion regulation and cognition can work in concert to govern NSSI, and offers several new research questions that can be addressed within this framework.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-130562017-09-13T15:48:12Z A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure Hasking, Penelope Whitlock, J. Voon, D. Rose, A. Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a complex behaviour, routinely engaged for emotion regulatory purposes. As such, a number of theoretical accounts regarding the aetiology and maintenance of NSSI are grounded in models of emotion regulation; the role that cognition plays in the behaviour is less well known. In this paper, we summarise four models of emotion regulation that have repeatedly been related to NSSI and identify the core components across them. We then draw on social cognitive theory to unite models of cognition and models of emotion in developing a new cognitive-emotional model of NSSI. Our model articulates how emotion regulation and cognition can work in concert to govern NSSI, and offers several new research questions that can be addressed within this framework. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13056 10.1080/02699931.2016.1241219 Routledge restricted
spellingShingle Hasking, Penelope
Whitlock, J.
Voon, D.
Rose, A.
A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title_full A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title_fullStr A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title_full_unstemmed A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title_short A cognitive-emotional model of NSSI: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
title_sort cognitive-emotional model of nssi: using emotion regulation and cognitive processes to explain why people self-injure
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13056