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ERIC Number: EJ744492
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Aug
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-0234
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Borderline Personality Disorder and Deliberate Self-Harm: Does Experiential Avoidance Play a Role?
Chapman, Alexander L.; Specht, Matthew W.; Cellucci, Tony
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v35 n4 p388-399 Aug 2005
The theory that borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with experiential avoidance, and that experiential avoidance mediates the association between BPD and deliberate, nonsuicidal self-harm was examined. Female inmate participants (N = 105) were given structured diagnostic assessments of BPD, as well as several measures of experiential avoidance. There was a high lifetime prevalence of past self-harm (47.6%). Higher dimensional scores representing BPD severity were associated with higher self-harm frequency and greater experiential avoidance. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that experiential avoidance did not mediate the association between BPD and self-harm, although thought suppression was associated with self-harm frequency.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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