@article{ref1,
title="A meta-analysis on the affect regulation function of real-time self-injurious thoughts and behaviours",
journal="Nature human behaviour",
year="2022",
author="Kuehn, Kevin S. and Dora, Jonas and Harned, Melanie S. and Foster, Katherine T. and Song, Frank and Smith, Michele R. and King, Kevin M.",
volume="6",
number="7",
pages="964-974",
abstract="Prominent theories suggest that self-injurious thoughts and behaviours are negatively reinforced by decreased negative affect. The present meta-analysis quantifies effects from intensive longitudinal studies measuring negative affect and self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. We obtained data from 38 of the 79 studies (48%, 22 unique datasets) involving N = 1,644 participants (80% female, 75% white). Individual-participant data meta-analyses revealed changes in affect pre/post self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. In antecedent models, results supported increased negative affect before nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour (k = 14, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.31) and suicidal thoughts (k = 14, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.19). For consequence models, negative affect was reduced following nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts (k = 6, 95% CI -0.79 to -0.44), nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviours (k = 14, 95% CI -0.73 to -0.19) and suicidal thoughts (k = 13, 95% CI -0.79 to -0.23). <br><br>FINDINGS, which were not moderated by sampling strategies or sample composition, support the affect regulation function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviours.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2397-3374",
doi="10.1038/s41562-022-01340-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01340-8"
}