Citation

Kranzler A, Fehling KB, Lindqvist J, Brillante J, Yuan F, Gao X, Miller AL, Selby EA. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2018; 48(2): 149-159.

Affiliation

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12373

PMID

28758704

Abstract

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methodology was used to examine the emotional context of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Forty-seven adolescents and young adults used a novel smartphone app to monitor their emotional experiences, NSSI thoughts, and NSSI behaviors for 2 weeks. Momentary changes in both negative and positive emotions predicted greater intensity of NSSI thoughts at the subsequent assessment, while only increases in negative emotion predicted NSSI behaviors. Immediately following NSSI behaviors participants reported reduced high-arousal negative emotions and increased low-arousal positive emotions, suggesting that NSSI may be an efficient and effective method of regulating emotion.

FINDINGS highlight the importance of addressing emotion regulation in NSSI interventions.

© 2017 The American Association of Suicidology.

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