Browsing by Subject "Self-harm"

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    Non-suicidal self-injury in young adults with and without borderline personality disorder: the role of emotion dysregulation and negative urgency
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de Publicaciones, 2023) Schmidt, Carlos; Briones-Buixassa, Laia; Nicolaou, Stella; Soler, Joaquim; Pascual, Juan C.; Vega, Daniel
    Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is defined as self-inflicted pain, and it is used as a mechanism to alleviate psychological distress. Although NSSI is prevalent in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), it is also an increasing concern among college student populations. While emotion dysregulation and negative urgency are associated with NSSI, little is known about which dimensions specifically predict the motivations (NSSI-functions) and frequency of self-harm. The current study explored the relationship between emotion dysregulation, negative urgency, and NSSI in 86 young adults, divided into three groups: college students with NSSI, BPD patients with NSSI, and a healthy control group without NSSI. We conducted multiple regression analyses to predicted NSSI-functions and NSSI-frequency. Non-acceptance of emotions, a specific dimension of emotion dysregulation, uniquely predicted intrapersonal NSSI-functions (e.g., regulating distressing emotions), but not interpersonal NSSI-functions (e.g., communicating distress). Lastly, poor emotion regulation strategies predicted NSSI-frequency only in individuals with high negative urgency, that is, individuals who tend to act impulsively when experiencing negative emotions, but not in those with low negative urgency. Findings shed light on the underlying motivations for engaging in self-injury, and they reveal facets of emotion dysregulation relevant for NSSI treatment.
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    Visualización e interpretación de las interacciones en los mensajes de autolesiones no suicidas en Twitter
    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2023-04-11) Atauri-Mezquida, David; Nicolás-Ojeda, Miguel Ángel; Blanco-Ruiz, Marian; Martínez-Pastor, Esther; Comunicación
    Non-suicidal self-harm (NSA) is a growing phenomenon, according to many organisations such as UNICEF, and it affects young people to a large extent. Our aim is to define a strategy to analyse the posts made on Twitter by young people who self-harm, whether there are different types of users and how the community reacts. We have downloaded the messages tagged with the hashtags #selfharm, #shtwt or #ouchietwt from 21 October to 21 November 2022, obtaining a sample of 1951 messages. We then retrieved likes, retweets and replies by grouping all messages into conversations. Finally, we retrieve information from the profiles of the users involved. For each tag we graphically represent the network structure formed by the interactions, being the users the nodes of the network and the interactions (likes, replies or retweets) the lines that join the nodes. It can be clearly seen how likes are the most frequent interaction, and which profiles generate the most responses and support. A manual review of the messages with the most support reveals that they are almost all messages with explicit photos of open injuries. The responses they elicit are likes, congratulations and messages of admiration. From the data obtained we conclude that Twitter tags such as #shtwt and #ouchietwt reinforce self-harming behaviours, mainly by gaining community recognition through likes. Interactions between self-harmers and health professionals on Twitter are minimal.