@article{ref1,
title="Temperament and character traits in female adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury disorder with and without comorbid borderline personality disorder",
journal="Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health",
year="2017",
author="Tschan, Taru and Peter-Ruf, Claudia and Schmid, Marc and In-Albon, Tina",
volume="11",
number="",
pages="e4-e4",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Temperament and character traits of adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSI) might differentiate those- with and without comorbid borderline personality disorder (BPD). <br><br>METHODS: Participants were 57 female adolescents with NSSI disorder without BPD (NSSI - BPD), 14 adolescents with NSSI disorder and BPD (NSSI + BPD), 32 clinical controls (CC), and 64 nonclinical controls (NC). Temperament and character traits were assessed with the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory, and impulsivity with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale and a Go/NoGo task. <br><br>RESULTS: Adolescents with NSSI disorder scored significantly higher on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower on persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness than CC. The NSSI + BPD group scored even higher than the NSSI - BPD group on novelty seeking and harm avoidance and lower on persistence and cooperativeness (d ≥ 0.72). Adolescents with NSSI reported higher levels of impulsivity than the CC and NC group. However, this difference was not found in a Go/NoGo task. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The results provide further evidence for a distinct diagnostic entity of NSSI disorder.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1753-2000",
doi="10.1186/s13034-016-0142-3",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13034-016-0142-3"
}