Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury

Background: Due to cognitive and emotional differences between individuals who have and have not stopped self-injuring, we explored these in the context of desire to stop. Method: Australian university students (n = 374) completed cognitive and emotional measures. Comparisons were made between those...

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Main Authors: Gray, Nicole, Hasking, Penelope, Boyes, Mark
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: WILEY 2022
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93191
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Hasking, Penelope
Boyes, Mark
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description Background: Due to cognitive and emotional differences between individuals who have and have not stopped self-injuring, we explored these in the context of desire to stop. Method: Australian university students (n = 374) completed cognitive and emotional measures. Comparisons were made between those who had self-injured in the past 12 months and those who had not, and between individuals who reported wanting to stop self-injuring and those who did not. Results: Approximately 20% of participants did not want to stop self-injuring. Cognitive emotional factors (psychological distress, self-efficacy to resist, difficulties regulating emotion, interpersonal functions, and outcome expectancies) differentiated individuals who had and had not stopped, but could not explain differences in desire to stop. Conclusion: Factors associated with desire to stop are not the same as factors underlying behavioural cessation. Motivational approaches to changes in self-injurious behaviour would be beneficial for clinicians and their clients.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-931912023-10-03T07:26:02Z Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury Gray, Nicole Hasking, Penelope Boyes, Mark Social Sciences Psychology, Clinical Psychology ambivalence behaviour cessation intention nonsuicidal self-injury INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP SUBSTANCE USE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS HARM EFFICACY METAANALYSIS PREDICTORS CESSATION PREVALENCE STATEMENTS ambivalence behaviour cessation intention nonsuicidal self-injury Australia Cognition Emotions Humans Self Efficacy Self-Injurious Behavior Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Emotions Self Efficacy Cognition Australia Background: Due to cognitive and emotional differences between individuals who have and have not stopped self-injuring, we explored these in the context of desire to stop. Method: Australian university students (n = 374) completed cognitive and emotional measures. Comparisons were made between those who had self-injured in the past 12 months and those who had not, and between individuals who reported wanting to stop self-injuring and those who did not. Results: Approximately 20% of participants did not want to stop self-injuring. Cognitive emotional factors (psychological distress, self-efficacy to resist, difficulties regulating emotion, interpersonal functions, and outcome expectancies) differentiated individuals who had and had not stopped, but could not explain differences in desire to stop. Conclusion: Factors associated with desire to stop are not the same as factors underlying behavioural cessation. Motivational approaches to changes in self-injurious behaviour would be beneficial for clinicians and their clients. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93191 10.1002/jclp.23336 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ WILEY fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Psychology, Clinical
Psychology
ambivalence
behaviour
cessation
intention
nonsuicidal self-injury
INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP
SUBSTANCE USE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
HARM
EFFICACY
METAANALYSIS
PREDICTORS
CESSATION
PREVALENCE
STATEMENTS
ambivalence
behaviour
cessation
intention
nonsuicidal self-injury
Australia
Cognition
Emotions
Humans
Self Efficacy
Self-Injurious Behavior
Humans
Self-Injurious Behavior
Emotions
Self Efficacy
Cognition
Australia
Gray, Nicole
Hasking, Penelope
Boyes, Mark
Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title_full Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title_fullStr Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title_short Cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
title_sort cognitive and emotional factors associated with the desire to cease non-suicidal self-injury
topic Social Sciences
Psychology, Clinical
Psychology
ambivalence
behaviour
cessation
intention
nonsuicidal self-injury
INTENTION-BEHAVIOR GAP
SUBSTANCE USE
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
HARM
EFFICACY
METAANALYSIS
PREDICTORS
CESSATION
PREVALENCE
STATEMENTS
ambivalence
behaviour
cessation
intention
nonsuicidal self-injury
Australia
Cognition
Emotions
Humans
Self Efficacy
Self-Injurious Behavior
Humans
Self-Injurious Behavior
Emotions
Self Efficacy
Cognition
Australia
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93191