Meaning in life and non-suicidal self-injury: A follow-up study with participants with Borderline Personality Disorder.
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is considered one of the defining features of people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Longitudinal studies are needed to identify factors predicting future NSSI in BPD participants. Several studies have shown that low meaning in life is associated with mental health problems, addiction problems, depression, hopelessness, and suicide. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether meaning in life predicts the frequency of NSSI behaviors during the one-year follow-up. The sample was composed up of 80 participants with a BPD diagnosis. We assessed the frequency of NSSI behaviors over a 12-month follow-up period. The results suggest that the participants who had low meaning in life had more frequency of NSSI, depression, and hopelessness at baseline, and more frequency of NSSI during the follow-up, than participants with high meaning in life. The predictor variables: Frequency of NSSI at base line, depression, hopelessness, and meaning in life, significantly predicted the frequency of NSSI during the one-year follow-up. Therefore, meaning in life was the only predictor of NSSI during the follow-up period.
Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Spain. Electronic address: joseheliodoro.marco@ucv.es.
José H
JH
Marco
Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Spain.
Joaquín
J
Garcia-Alandete
Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Spain.
Sandra
S
Pérez
Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain; Centro Clínico de Psicología, PREVI, Valencia, Spain.
Verónica
V
Guillen
Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Spain; Centro Clínico de Psicología, PREVI, Valencia, Spain.
Mercedes
M
Jorquera
Centro Clínico de Psicología, PREVI, Valencia, Spain.
Pilar
P
Espallargas
Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Spain; CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Salud Carlos III, Spain.
Cristina
C
Botella
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D065026:Hope; D006801:Humans; D019369:Life; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012945:Social Values; D013030:Spain; D055815:Young Adult
Borderline personality disorder; Depression; Hopelessness; Longitudinal; Meaning in life; Non-suicidal self-injury; Predictor