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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 4/2021

15-01-2021 | Empirical Research

Profiles of Emotion Dysregulation Among University Students Who Self-Injure: Associations with Parent–Child Relationships and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Characteristics

Auteurs: Camille Guérin-Marion, Jean-François Bureau, Marie-France Lafontaine, Patrick Gaudreau, Jodi Martin

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 4/2021

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Abstract

More research is needed to understand the different vulnerability profiles of university students who engage in non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). This study sought to classify university students (n = 479; 83.8% female) aged 17–25 years (M = 18.77; SD = 1.42) who had engaged in NSSI within the past year into latent profiles based on their self-perceived difficulties in regulating both positive and negative emotions. Independent samples of students who had a past history of NSSI but had not self-injured within the previous year (n = 439; 82.9% females; Mage = 19.03, SD = 1.62) and who had no history of NSSI (n = 1551; 69.9% females; Mage = 19.02, SD = 1.55) were recruited for comparison purposes. Latent cluster analyses revealed three emotion regulation profiles within the NSSI sample—the Average Difficulties (47.4%), Dysregulated (33.0%), and Low Difficulties (19.6%) profiles—each of which differed meaningfully from both comparison samples on mean emotion regulation difficulties. Students across profiles also differed in their self-reported experiences with parents, particularly with fathers (pressure, antipathy, unresolved attachment, psychological control), and in the extent to which they felt alienated from parents. Lastly, students across profiles differed in the frequency, methods, functions, and addictive properties of their NSSI. Findings highlight that university students who self-injure experience distinct patterns of difficulties with emotion regulation, which are associated with variation in parent–child relational risk factors and NSSI outcomes.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Profiles of Emotion Dysregulation Among University Students Who Self-Injure: Associations with Parent–Child Relationships and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Characteristics
Auteurs
Camille Guérin-Marion
Jean-François Bureau
Marie-France Lafontaine
Patrick Gaudreau
Jodi Martin
Publicatiedatum
15-01-2021
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 4/2021
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01378-9

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