@article{ref1,
title="Emotion Regulation, Coping and Alcohol Use as Moderators in the Relationship Between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Psychological Distress",
journal="Prevention science",
year="2010",
author="Williams, Fiona and Hasking, Penelope A.",
volume="11",
number="1",
pages="33-41",
abstract="Non-suicidal self-injury is a risk factor for more severe self-injury and later suicide, yet is relatively under-researched in non-clinical populations. In order to prevent more severe self-injury and later suicide, understanding of non-suicidal self-injury is imperative. This study aimed to examine whether coping skills, emotion regulation and alcohol use moderate the relationship between psychological distress and non-suicidal self-injury. Two hundred eighty-nine young adults completed self-report questionnaires assessing the variables of interest. Of the sample, 47.4% reported a history of non-suicidal self-injury. Adaptive coping strategies protected those who were psychologically distressed from severe self-injury. However for those who reported greater distress, this protective effect was negated by heavy alcohol use. Coping skills training may serve to protect young people from self-injury, although those who are severely distressed may also benefit from strategies to limit alcohol use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1389-4986",
doi="10.1007/s11121-009-0147-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-009-0147-8"
}