Implicit Associations of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury with Relief in Posttraumatic Stress and Depressive Disorders

OBJECTIVE: Although once considered a defining feature of borderline personality disorder, research has found high rates of NSSI among individuals with other psychiatric disorders, particularly posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive disorders. A recent study from our research team found that lifetime PTSD and depressive disorders were associated with unique self-reported NSSI motives. Given well-established limitations of assessing motives via self-report measures, the present study sought to extend this line of research by using a novel laboratory measure of the implicit NSSI-relief association to examine NSSI emotional relief motives.

METHOD: A subset of participants from our previous study (N = 109) completed diagnostic interviews and the laboratory-based DSH-Relief Implicit Association Test (IAT).

RESULTS: Findings indicated that individuals with lifetime PTSD evidenced stronger NSSI-relief associations than those without PTSD. Further, this main effect was qualified by a PTSD by depressive disorder interaction, such that stronger NSSI-relief associations were found among individuals with lifetime PTSD but no lifetime depressive disorder than among individuals without a history of either PTSD or a depressive disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: Results highlight the importance of investigating NSSI motives associated with different symptom profiles using a multi-method approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research - 26(2022), 2 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 565-580

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Forbes, Courtney N [VerfasserIn]
Tull, Matthew T [VerfasserIn]
Chapman, Alexander L [VerfasserIn]
Dixon-Gordon, Katherine L [VerfasserIn]
Gratz, Kim L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Depression
Implicit association test
Journal Article
Nonsuicidal self-injury
Posttraumatic stress disorder
Self-injurious behavior

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Date Completed 26.08.2022

Date Revised 07.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13811118.2020.1811182

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314395601