Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model

Objective: The Emotional Cascade Model posits that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) functions to distract from cascades of intense negative emotion and rumination. We investigated the moderating role of rumination in the relationships between reactivity, intensity, and perseveration of emotion and NSS...

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Main Authors: Hatzopoulos, Katerina, Boyes, Mark, Hasking, Penelope
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/20.500.11937/93714
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author Hatzopoulos, Katerina
Boyes, Mark
Hasking, Penelope
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Boyes, Mark
Hasking, Penelope
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description Objective: The Emotional Cascade Model posits that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) functions to distract from cascades of intense negative emotion and rumination. We investigated the moderating role of rumination in the relationships between reactivity, intensity, and perseveration of emotion and NSSI. Method: University students (N = 992) completed self-report measures of self-injury, emotional reactivity, intensity and perseveration, and rumination. Results: Together, the dimensions of negative emotion were associated with NSSI, but none contributed unique variance. For positive emotion, reactivity was negatively associated with history of self-injury and perseveration was negatively associated with frequency of the behaviour. Rumination was associated with NSSI, but did not moderate associations between the dimensions of negative emotion and self-injury. Rumination moderated the relationship between perseveration of positive emotion and history of NSSI, such that it was only significant at high levels of rumination. Conclusion: Findings highlight the importance of dimensions of positive emotion in understanding self-injury.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-937142023-11-27T03:54:24Z Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model Hatzopoulos, Katerina Boyes, Mark Hasking, Penelope Social Sciences Psychology, Clinical Psychology Emotional Cascade Model nonsuicidal self-injury NSSI rumination self-injury PERSEVERATION INDEPENDENT DIMENSIONS NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY RESIDUAL DEPRESSION REACTIVITY SCALE POSITIVE AFFECT TRAIT AFFECT ANXIETY BEHAVIORS DISORDER HISTORY Emotional Cascade Model NSSI nonsuicidal self-injury rumination self-injury Emotions Humans Personality Inventory Self Report Self-Injurious Behavior Humans Self-Injurious Behavior Emotions Personality Inventory Self Report Objective: The Emotional Cascade Model posits that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) functions to distract from cascades of intense negative emotion and rumination. We investigated the moderating role of rumination in the relationships between reactivity, intensity, and perseveration of emotion and NSSI. Method: University students (N = 992) completed self-report measures of self-injury, emotional reactivity, intensity and perseveration, and rumination. Results: Together, the dimensions of negative emotion were associated with NSSI, but none contributed unique variance. For positive emotion, reactivity was negatively associated with history of self-injury and perseveration was negatively associated with frequency of the behaviour. Rumination was associated with NSSI, but did not moderate associations between the dimensions of negative emotion and self-injury. Rumination moderated the relationship between perseveration of positive emotion and history of NSSI, such that it was only significant at high levels of rumination. Conclusion: Findings highlight the importance of dimensions of positive emotion in understanding self-injury. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93714 10.1002/jclp.23247 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 WILEY fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Psychology, Clinical
Psychology
Emotional Cascade Model
nonsuicidal self-injury
NSSI
rumination
self-injury
PERSEVERATION INDEPENDENT DIMENSIONS
NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY
RESIDUAL DEPRESSION
REACTIVITY SCALE
POSITIVE AFFECT
TRAIT AFFECT
ANXIETY
BEHAVIORS
DISORDER
HISTORY
Emotional Cascade Model
NSSI
nonsuicidal self-injury
rumination
self-injury
Emotions
Humans
Personality Inventory
Self Report
Self-Injurious Behavior
Humans
Self-Injurious Behavior
Emotions
Personality Inventory
Self Report
Hatzopoulos, Katerina
Boyes, Mark
Hasking, Penelope
Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title_full Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title_fullStr Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title_full_unstemmed Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title_short Relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: An application of the Emotional Cascade Model
title_sort relationships between dimensions of emotional experience, rumination, and nonsuicidal self-injury: an application of the emotional cascade model
topic Social Sciences
Psychology, Clinical
Psychology
Emotional Cascade Model
nonsuicidal self-injury
NSSI
rumination
self-injury
PERSEVERATION INDEPENDENT DIMENSIONS
NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY
RESIDUAL DEPRESSION
REACTIVITY SCALE
POSITIVE AFFECT
TRAIT AFFECT
ANXIETY
BEHAVIORS
DISORDER
HISTORY
Emotional Cascade Model
NSSI
nonsuicidal self-injury
rumination
self-injury
Emotions
Humans
Personality Inventory
Self Report
Self-Injurious Behavior
Humans
Self-Injurious Behavior
Emotions
Personality Inventory
Self Report
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93714