title: The effect of shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and internalizing tendencies on nonsuicidal self-injury.
abstract: Nonsuicidal self-injury is especially common in adolescents and young adults. Self-injury may be related to shame or guilt--two moral emotions--as these differentially predict other maladaptive behaviors. Using a college sample, we examined not only how shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and internalizing emotional tendencies related to self-injury, but also whether these moral emotions moderate the relation between internalizing tendencies and self-injury. High shame-proneness was associated with higher frequencies of self-injury. High guilt-proneness was associated with less self-injury, although this effect was mitigated at higher levels of internalizing tendencies. These results suggest shame-proneness is a risk factor for self-injury, while guilt-proneness is protective.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors: Susan
authors: S
authors: VanDerhei
authors: Johannes
authors: J
authors: Rojahn
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Stuewig
authors: Patrick E
authors: PE
authors: McKnight
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012752:Shame; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult