title: Death Anxiety and Pain Catastrophizing Among Male Inmates With Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Behavior: A Comparative Study.
abstract: Most of the studies concerning nonsuicidal self-injury behaviors of persons deprived of liberty were on female participants. This cross-sectional comparative study compared the levels of death anxiety, pain catastrophizing, dissociative experiences, and state-trait anger among male inmates with nonsuicidal self-injury behaviors and noninjuring controls. The results indicated high levels of death anxiety, dissociation, and pain catastrophizing in both groups of participants and the absence of significant differences between the groups. The implications of the results suggest the need of taking into consideration these variables in the behavior management plans used with inmates who engage in self-injurious behavior.
authors.affiliation: 1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: Violeta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Enea
authors.affiliation: 1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dafinoiu
authors.affiliation: 1 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: Georgiana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bogdan
authors.affiliation: 2 Maximum Security Prison of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000786:Anger; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001293:Attitude to Death; D058443:Catastrophization / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: anxiety; catastrophizing; inmates; males; pain