Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury
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 N...
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| author | Gray, Nicole Uren, Hannah Pemberton, E. Boyes, Mark |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-932022023-10-06T05:55:26Z Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury Gray, Nicole Uren, Hannah Pemberton, E. Boyes, Mark Social Sciences Psychology, Clinical Psychology ambivalence behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles METAANALYSIS PREVALENCE AVOIDANCE ambivalence behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles Humans Emotions Self-Injurious Behavior Affect Personality Emotional Regulation Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Emotions Affect Personality Emotional Regulation 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. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93202 10.1002/jclp.23494 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 behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles METAANALYSIS PREVALENCE AVOIDANCE ambivalence behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles Humans Emotions Self-Injurious Behavior Affect Personality Emotional Regulation Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Emotions Affect Personality Emotional Regulation Gray, Nicole Uren, Hannah Pemberton, E. Boyes, Mark Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title | Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title_full | Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title_fullStr | Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title_full_unstemmed | Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title_short | Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| title_sort | profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury |
| topic | Social Sciences Psychology, Clinical Psychology ambivalence behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles METAANALYSIS PREVALENCE AVOIDANCE ambivalence behavior desire nonsuicidal self-injury profiles Humans Emotions Self-Injurious Behavior Affect Personality Emotional Regulation Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Emotions Affect Personality Emotional Regulation |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93202 |