Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Nonsuicidal self-injury (e.g. cutting, burning), is most commonly used as a strategy to reduce emotional distress. As such, theoretical models of self-injury have primarily focussed on the experience and regulation of emotion. This thesis extends emotion-oriented accounts of self-injury by consideri...

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Main Author: Dawkins, Jessica Christine
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79907
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description Nonsuicidal self-injury (e.g. cutting, burning), is most commonly used as a strategy to reduce emotional distress. As such, theoretical models of self-injury have primarily focussed on the experience and regulation of emotion. This thesis extends emotion-oriented accounts of self-injury by considering the potential role of self-injury specific thoughts and beliefs in understanding the behaviour. Specifically it focuses on beliefs regarding anticipated consequences of self-injury and confidence in the ability to resist self-injury.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-799072020-07-07T05:44:39Z Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Dawkins, Jessica Christine Nonsuicidal self-injury (e.g. cutting, burning), is most commonly used as a strategy to reduce emotional distress. As such, theoretical models of self-injury have primarily focussed on the experience and regulation of emotion. This thesis extends emotion-oriented accounts of self-injury by considering the potential role of self-injury specific thoughts and beliefs in understanding the behaviour. Specifically it focuses on beliefs regarding anticipated consequences of self-injury and confidence in the ability to resist self-injury. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79907 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Dawkins, Jessica Christine
Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title_full Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title_fullStr Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title_full_unstemmed Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title_short Applying a Cognitive-Emotional Model to Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
title_sort applying a cognitive-emotional model to nonsuicidal self-injury
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79907