The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire -Dysregulation Profile, Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behaviors and the Mediating Role of Stressful Life Events

AbstractNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors are self-injurious behaviors inflicted without intending death. Literature has shown the relationship between stressful life events (SLE) and NSSI behaviors. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire-Dysregulation Profile (SDQ-DP) is defined as an index of self-regulatory problems, related to higher risk for suicidal ideation and attempts in adolescents. In this study the relationship between SDQ-DP and NSSI behaviors, mediated by SLE in a clinical sample of children and adolescents is analyzed. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 239 subjects (aged from 11 to 17) to test the mediation model. SDQ-DP significantly correlates with NSSI behaviors (Wald = 6.5477, p = .0105); SDQ-DP significantly correlates with SLE (T = 5.7229, p < .001); SLE significantly correlates NSSI behaviors, and the relation remains significant whilst controlling for SDQ-DP (Wald = 4.1715, p = .041); the relation between SDQ-DP and NSSI behaviors stops being significant whilst controlling for the potential mediator (SLE) (Wald = 2.9951, p = .0835). Study of indirect effect supports the mediation model (.0585 CI [.0016, .1266]). Findings are compatible with the complete mediation scenario. These results point out the importance of self-regulatory problems in coping strategies with regards to SLE and the development of NSSI behaviors.

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The relationship between impulsivity and self-injury in Chinese undergraduates: The chain mediating role of stressful life events and negative affect

Journal of Affective Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jad.2019.05.074 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 256 ◽

pp. 259-266 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Juanchan Mo ◽

Chenxu Wang ◽

Xiaoxiao Niu ◽

Xuji Jia ◽

Tuo Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Negative Affect ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Injury ◽

The Relationship ◽

Chinese Undergraduates

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Family Unity or Money? The Roles of Parent–Child Cohesion and Socioeconomic Status in the Relationship Between Stressful Life Events and Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury Among Chinese Left‐Behind Children

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior ◽

10.1111/sltb.12650 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 963-974

Author(s):

Quanquan Wang ◽

Yuke Xiong ◽

Xia Liu

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Left Behind ◽

Self Injury ◽

The Relationship ◽

Nonsuicidal Self Injury ◽

Parent Child ◽

Family Unity

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Self-Criticism, Maladaptive Perfectionism, and Depression Symptoms in a Community Sample: A Longitudinal Test of the Mediating Effects of Person-Dependent Stressful Life Events

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy ◽

10.1891/0889-8391.23.4.336 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 336-349 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Brian J. Cox ◽

Ian P. Clara ◽

Murray W. Enns

Keyword(s):

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Longitudinal Research ◽

Community Sample ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Depression Symptoms ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Socially Prescribed Perfectionism ◽

Maladaptive Perfectionism ◽

The Relationship

Both self-criticism and maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism have been associated with depression symptoms, based on cross-sectional and some longitudinal research with selective clinical and student samples. The present study evaluated a mediation model involving self-criticism, maladaptive dimensions of perfectionism, and depression-related symptoms at baseline (Time 1), and person-dependent stressful life events and depression-related symptoms 12 months later (Time 2), in a more representative noninstitutionalized sample. Participants included 723 community-based adults in an urban area. A proposed mediation model based on recent theoretical writings was evaluated, whereby the effects of self-criticism and maladaptive perfectionism on subsequent depression symptoms were hypothesized to be mediated by person-dependent stressful life events. In female respondents, the relationship between self-criticism and Time 2 depression was not mediated by person-dependent stressful life events and the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and Time 2 depression was fully mediated by person-dependent life events. In male respondents, self-criticism showed evidence of partial mediation while doubts about actions and socially prescribed perfectionism did not have significant main effects on Time 2 depression. Clinical and research implications of this important cognitive diathesis domain in association with person-dependent stressful life events and subsequent depression are discussed.

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