@article{ref1,
title="The effects of blood in self-injurious cutting: positive and negative affect regulation",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2021",
author="Stacy, Stephanie E. and Pepper, Carolyn M. and Clapp, Joshua D. and Reyna, Alejandra H.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Seeing one's own blood may be a factor in affect regulation in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This study examined changes in a negative (NA) and positive affect (PA) in response to a finger prick eliciting a small drop of participants' blood. <br><br>METHODS: Two groups (NSSI; N = 56 and Control; N = 70) of undergraduate students were randomly assigned to receive a finger prick and look at blood, receive a finger prick and not look at blood, or receive a sham finger prick. Following a mood induction, participants completed the PANAS three times: Time 1 (pre mood-induction, baseline), Time 2 (post-mood induction), and Time 3 (post-finger prick condition), and a Pain Severity Scale. <br><br>RESULTS: A significant three-way interaction revealed that the NSSI: Blood Group had an increased positive effect between Time 2 and Time 3. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Blood serves an important function in NSSI and requires additional research to fully understand the relationship.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.23267",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23267"
}