TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - An ecological investigation of the emotional context surrounding nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in adolescents and young adults
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Kranzler, Amy
A1  - Fehling, Kara B.
A1  - Lindqvist, Janne
A1  - Brillante, Julia
A1  - Yuan, Fengpeng
A1  - Gao, Xianyi
A1  - Miller, Alec L.
A1  - Selby, Edward A.
SP  - 149
EP  - 159
VL  - 48
IS  - 2
N2  - Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methodology was used to examine the emotional context of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Forty-seven adolescents and young adults used a novel smartphone app to monitor their emotional experiences, NSSI thoughts, and NSSI behaviors for 2 weeks. Momentary changes in both negative and positive emotions predicted greater intensity of NSSI thoughts at the subsequent assessment, while only increases in negative emotion predicted NSSI behaviors. Immediately following NSSI behaviors participants reported reduced high-arousal negative emotions and increased low-arousal positive emotions, suggesting that NSSI may be an efficient and effective method of regulating emotion. <br><br>FINDINGS highlight the importance of addressing emotion regulation in NSSI interventions.<br><br>© 2017 The American Association of Suicidology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12373
ID  - ref1
ER  -