@article{ref1,
title="Body image as a mediator of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents",
journal="Journal of Adolescence",
year="2012",
author="Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J. and Brausch, Amy M.",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="1-9",
abstract="Attitudes towards the body have been largely overlooked as a potential risk factor for adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) despite theorizing that a negative body image may play a critical role in the development of this behavior. The current study used structural equation modeling to evaluate the fit of a theoretical model specifying body image as a mediator between negative affect and NSSI in a combined clinical and non-clinical sample of 284 adolescents. The data supported the model, accounted for 21.6% of the variance in NSSI, and body image significantly mediated the relationship between negative affect and NSSI. These findings provide essential preliminary evidence that body image may represent a necessary but not sufficient risk factor for NSSI in adolescents and that treatment for NSSI should consider targeting body-related pathology in addition to emotion regulation. The findings also support including body image within developing etiological models of NSSI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0140-1971",
doi="10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.06.010"
}