Why do people hurt themselves? A new conceptual model of nonsuicidal self-injury

JM Hooley, JC Franklin - Clinical psychological science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Maladaptive behavior and affect regulation: A functionalist perspective.

BA Swerdlow, JG Pearlstein, DB Sandel, IB Mauss… - Emotion, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Clinical science has benefited tremendously from taking seriously the proposition that
putatively maladaptive behaviors serve psychological functions, prominently among these …

Fluctuations in affective states and self-efficacy to resist non-suicidal self-injury as real-time predictors of non-suicidal self-injurious thoughts and behaviors

G Kiekens, P Hasking, MK Nock, M Boyes… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Although research over the past decade has resulted in significantly increased
knowledge about distal risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), little is known about …

[HTML][HTML] Pain sensitivity and plasma beta-endorphin in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury

P van der Venne, A Balint, E Drews, P Parzer… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Beta-endorphin (BE) has been suggested to play a central role as to why
people engage in NSSI. To our knowledge, no study has systematically assessed this …

Harsh parenting and adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: A moderated mediation model of alienation and cognitive reappraisal

H Gu, Y Yao, F He, Y Cheng - Child abuse & neglect, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Harsh parenting has been shown to be associated with non-suicidal self-injury
(NSSI) in adolescents. Based on the integrated theoretical model of the development of …

Stressful experiences in university predict non-suicidal self-injury through emotional reactivity

CA Hamza, AL Goldstein, NL Heath… - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Theoretical perspectives on non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI; direct and deliberate self-injury
without lethal intent such as self-cutting or hitting) have long underscored the affective …

Real-time monitoring of the associations between self-critical and self-punishment cognitions and nonsuicidal self-injury

TA Burke, K Fox, M Kautz, DM Siegel, E Kleiman… - … Research and Therapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Defective Self Model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) proposes that some
people engage in NSSI to punish themselves and/or to respond to self-critical cognitions …

Augmented pain inhibition and higher integration of pain modulatory brain networks in women with self-injury behavior

M Lalouni, J Fust, J Bjureberg, G Kastrati… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Individuals who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) have demonstrated insensitivity to
pain compared with individuals without NSSI. Yet, the neural mechanisms behind this …

Self-criticism impacts emotional responses to pain

KR Fox, IM O'Sullivan, SB Wang, JM Hooley - Behavior therapy, 2019 - Elsevier
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with numerous negative outcomes (eg, suicide
attempts), making it a focus of great clinical concern. Yet, mechanisms reinforcing NSSI …

Frequency of nonsuicidal self-injury is associated with impulsive decision-making during criticism

KJD Allen, KR Fox, HT Schatten, JM Hooley - Psychiatry research, 2019 - Elsevier
Research indicates that nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is associated with impulsive traits, but
not impulsive behavior on laboratory tasks, even in the context of negative mood. However …