title: Emotion regulation, coping and alcohol use as moderators in the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and psychological distress.
abstract: Non-suicidal self-injury is a risk factor for more severe self-injury and later suicide, yet is relatively under-researched in non-clinical populations. In order to prevent more severe self-injury and later suicide, understanding of non-suicidal self-injury is imperative. This study aimed to examine whether coping skills, emotion regulation and alcohol use moderate the relationship between psychological distress and non-suicidal self-injury. Two hundred eighty-nine young adults completed self-report questionnaires assessing the variables of interest. Of the sample, 47.4% reported a history of non-suicidal self-injury. Adaptive coping strategies protected those who were psychologically distressed from severe self-injury. However for those who reported greater distress, this protective effect was negated by heavy alcohol use. Coping skills training may serve to protect young people from self-injury, although those who are severely distressed may also benefit from strategies to limit alcohol use.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Caulfield East 3145 VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Penelope
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hasking
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D055815:Young Adult
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