TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion Dysregulation Mediates the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
AU - Titelius, Elise N.
AU - Cook, Emily
AU - Spas, Jayson
AU - Orchowski, Lindsay
AU - Kivisto, Katie
AU - O’Brien, Kimberly
AU - Frazier, Elisabeth
AU - Wolff, Jennifer C.
AU - Dickstein, Daniel P.
AU - Kim, Kerri L.
AU - Seymour, Karen E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by a National Institutes of Mental Health grant (MH097703). The sponsor did not have a role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, or interpretation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/3/16
Y1 - 2018/3/16
N2 - One risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents is exposure to traumatic experiences, particularly child maltreatment. However, the mechanisms through which childhood maltreatment predicts NSSI are largely unknown. Emotion dysregulation (ED) is likely an important mechanism in this relationship. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment, ED, and NSSI in a sample of adolescent inpatients (n = 53). Results demonstrated that child physical and emotional maltreatment, but not child sexual abuse, was significantly associated with NSSI frequency. More specifically, ED mediated the relationship between child physical and emotional maltreatment and NSSI frequency. Findings support the importance of ED as a mediating factor in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and NSSI behaviors and highlight the need for teaching emotion regulation skills to youth affected by trauma.
AB - One risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents is exposure to traumatic experiences, particularly child maltreatment. However, the mechanisms through which childhood maltreatment predicts NSSI are largely unknown. Emotion dysregulation (ED) is likely an important mechanism in this relationship. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment, ED, and NSSI in a sample of adolescent inpatients (n = 53). Results demonstrated that child physical and emotional maltreatment, but not child sexual abuse, was significantly associated with NSSI frequency. More specifically, ED mediated the relationship between child physical and emotional maltreatment and NSSI frequency. Findings support the importance of ED as a mediating factor in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and NSSI behaviors and highlight the need for teaching emotion regulation skills to youth affected by trauma.
KW - Adolescents
KW - child abuse
KW - child maltreatment
KW - developmental psychopathology
KW - emotion dysregulation
KW - non-suicidal self-injury
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U2 - 10.1080/10926771.2017.1338814
DO - 10.1080/10926771.2017.1338814
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028534495
VL - 27
SP - 323
EP - 331
JO - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
JF - Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
SN - 1092-6771
IS - 3
ER -