The motivation to avoid pain and injury is a fundamental instinct, crucial to the survival of
individuals and species. Yet, each year, millions of people purposefully and directly injure …

Self-injurious behaviors, including nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behaviors, are
remarkably prevalent and woefully understudied. This area of research involves numerous …

Why do some people purposely and repetitively inflict severe harm on their own body? The
psychological literature is replete with speculative accounts of why people engage in …

Objective: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), the deliberate, self-inflicted damage of bodily
tissue without the intent to die, is associated with various negative outcomes. Although basic …

For decades, knowledge about nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) was limited to only a small
handful of empirical studies. However, the last 10 to 15 years have witnessed an explosion …

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent and dangerous phenomenon associated with
many negative outcomes, including future suicidal behaviors. Research on these behaviors …

Self-injurious behaviors (SIB) refer to behaviors that cause direct and deliberate harm to
oneself, including nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicidal behaviors, and suicide. Although in …

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent but perplexing behavior problem in which
people deliberately harm themselves without lethal intent. Research reveals that NSSI …

Previous research has found associations between non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and
suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs), yet the nature of this relationship remains …

Nonsuicidal self-injury is receiving increasing attention in empirical and clinical realms.
Indeed, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders …