Emotion Regulation and Self-Harm Among Forensic Psychiatric Patients
Emotion regulation has been specifically linked to both non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and attempted suicide. It is also known that self-harm is disproportionally higher (30–68.4%) in forensic samples than in the general population, yet knowledge about the association between emotion regulation and...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Frontiers in psychology 2021-08, Vol.12, p.710751-710751 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Emotion regulation has been specifically linked to both non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and attempted suicide. It is also known that self-harm is disproportionally higher (30–68.4%) in forensic samples than in the general population, yet knowledge about the association between emotion regulation and self-harm in forensic settings is scarce. The purpose of this study was to describe emotion regulation in a sample of forensic psychiatric patients, to explore dimensions and levels of emotion regulation between forensic psychiatric patients with and without self-harm, and to explore associations between forensic psychiatric patients’ self-reported emotion regulation and self-reported functions of NSSI. A cohort of forensic psychiatric inpatients (
N
=98) was consecutively recruited during 2016–2020 from a high-security forensic psychiatric clinic in Sweden. Data were collected through the self-report measures Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and Inventory of Statements About Self-injury (ISAS). In relation to the first aim, median total and subscales scores for DERS were reported. Results showed a statistically significant difference in emotion regulation between participants with and without self-harm (
p
=0.004), with a medium effect size (Cohen’s
d
=0.65) for the DERS total scale. The DERS subscales returned large differences for Impulse (
p
=0.001,
d
=0.86), Goals (
p
=0.014,
d
=0.58), and Strategies (
p
=0.012,
d
=0.54) between participants with and without self-harm. Finally, DERS scores were correlated with both the interpersonal (
r
s
=0.531,
p |
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ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.710751 |