title: Brief report: emotion regulation and coping as moderators in the relationship between personality and self-injury.
abstract: Self-injury without conscious suicidal intent is an increasingly prevalent phenomenon particularly among adolescent populations. This pilot study examined the extent and correlates of self-injurious behaviour in a school population sample of 393 adolescents (aged 13-18 years) using a self-report questionnaire. Specifically, we aimed to determine whether personality was related to self-injury and whether this relationship was moderated by emotion regulation or coping strategies. Few personality and coping variables were directly related to self-injury after controlling for age and psychopathology. However the relationship between personality and self-injury was moderated by coping skills and emotion regulation. We suggest future research explore these relationships in order to determine the role of coping skills and emotional regulation training in prevention of self-injury.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, Psychiatry & Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Caulfield East VIC, Melbourne, Australia. Penelope.Hasking@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Penelope A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hasking
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Coric
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swannell
authors.forename: Graham
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Holly Knox
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Aaron D J
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002605:Character; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011793:Queensland; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires