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Reactive and regulative temperament and non-suicidal self-injury in Flemish adolescents : the intervening role of identity formation
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Abstract
In the present study, we combined temperamental and identity models to investigate the influence of these two constructs on the vulnerability to non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI). We assessed NSSI, reactive [behavior inhibition system (BIS)/behavior activation system (BAS)] and regulatory temperament [effortful control (EC)], and identity synthesis and confusion using self-report questionnaires in 528 high school students (Mean age = 15 years, SD = 1.84, 50.4% female). The lifetime prevalence of NSSI was 14.2%. Our findings suggested that the association between BIS and NSSI was moderated by EC, such that higher levels of BIS and lower levels of EC predicted higher lifetime NSSI. Also, the association between BIS and NSSI was partially mediated by identity synthesis. The findings of the current study indicate that interventions that stabilize BIS reactivity, enhance EC, and promote identity synthesis may have important meaningful implications in the clinical management of NSSI. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Personality and individual differences. - Oxford
Publication
Oxford : 2016
ISSN
0191-8869
DOI
10.1016/J.PAID.2016.05.007
Volume/pages
99 (2016) , p. 254-259
ISI
000382591800042
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UAntwerpen
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