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Motives for nonsuicidal self-injury among women with borderline personality disorder

Kleindienst, N. and Bohus, M. and Ludäscher, P. and Limberger, M. F. and Kuenkele, K. and Ebner-Priemer, U. W. and Chapman, A. L. and Reicherzer, M. and Stieglitz, R. D. and Schmahl, C.. (2008) Motives for nonsuicidal self-injury among women with borderline personality disorder. Journal of nervous and mental disease, Vol. 196. pp. 230-236.

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Abstract

Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are known to use nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) as a dysfunctional strategy to regulate intense emotions. The primary purpose of this study was to clarify the motives for NSSI along with their interrelations. We further investigated the variety of emotions preceding NSSI and possible effects of NSSI on these emotions. To this end, a structured self-rating questionnaire on NSSI was administered to 101 female BPD-patients exhibiting NSSI. Most patients reported multiple motives for NSSI. The motives were more likely to compound than to exclude one another. Negative reinforcement was almost always involved in NSSI, whereas positive reinforcement (e.g., "getting a kick") played an additional role among about half of the patients. NSSI was usually preceded by a large variety of negative feelings that were reported to clearly improve with NSSI. In conclusion, therapists should anticipate a multidimensional functional spectrum when exploring motives of NSSI.
Faculties and Departments:07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Ehemalige Einheiten Psychologie > Klinische Psychologie und Psychiatrie (Stieglitz)
UniBasel Contributors:Stieglitz, Rolf Dieter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISSN:0022-3018
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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