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Muehlenkamp, Jennifer; Brausch, Amy; Quigley, Katherine; Whitlock, Janis – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2013
Etiological models of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) suggest interpersonal features may be important to understand this behavior, but social functions and correlates have not been extensively studied. This study addresses existing limitations by examining interpersonal correlates and functions of NSSI within a stratified random sample of 1,243…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Disclosure, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Support Groups
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Moskowitz, Amanda; Stein, Judith A.; Lightfoot, Marguerita – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Runaway and homeless youth often have a constellation of background behavioral, emotional, and familial problems that contribute to stress and maladaptive behaviors, which, in turn, can lead to self-harming and suicidal behaviors. The current study examined the roles of stress and maladaptive behaviors as mediators between demographic and…
Descriptors: Runaways, Homosexuality, Suicide, Models
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Turner, Brianna J.; Chapman, Alexander L.; Layden, Brianne K. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2012
Understanding the functions of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has important implications for the development and refinement of theoretical models and treatments of NSSI. Emotional and social vulnerabilities associated with five common functions of NSSI-emotion relief (ER), feeling generation (FG), self-punishment (SP), interpersonal influence…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Interpersonal Communication, Models, Injuries
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Silinskas, Gintautas; Dietrich, Julia; Pakarinen, Eija; Kiuru, Noona; Aunola, Kaisa; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Hirvonen, Riikka; Muotka, Joona; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
In the present study, we examined the extent to which the responses of teachers and mothers toward a particular child are similar in respect to their instructional support and affect, and whether child characteristics predict these responses. The data of 373 Finnish child-teacher-mother triads (178 girls, 195 boys) were analysed. Teachers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Mothers
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Crowell, Sheila E.; Beauchaine, Theodore P.; Linehan, Marsha M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2009
Over the past several decades, research has focused increasingly on developmental precursors to psychological disorders that were previously assumed to emerge only in adulthood. This change in focus follows from the recognition that complex transactions between biological vulnerabilities and psychosocial risk factors shape emotional and behavioral…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, At Risk Persons, Pathology, Risk
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Svirko, Elena; Hawton, Keith – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
We have reviewed the literature on the association between self-injurious behaviors (SIB) and eating disorders from the psychological-behavioral perspective. Our aims were to investigate the extent and possible reasons for the association. A literature search was conducted using the following electronic databases (1989-2005): Medline, PsychInfo…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Sexual Abuse, Self Destructive Behavior, Eating Disorders
Firestone, Lisa – 1993
The concept of the "voice" as developed by Robert W, Firestone (1984 and later) has been hypothesized as an essential mechanism in self-destructive behavior in general and suicide in particular. This study applies the theory of the voice to the development of the Firestone Voice Scale for Self-Destructive Behavior (FVSSDB). The FVSSDB…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Models, Scores