The role of emotional responding and childhood maltreatment in the development and maintenance of deliberate self-harm among male undergraduates

Psychology of Men and Masculinity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Gratz, Kim L ^a   Chapman, Alexander L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood abuse; Deliberate self harm; Emotion dysregulation; Emotional responding; Risk factors; Self injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846616431     PISSN: 15249220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1524-9220.8.1.1     Document Type: Article

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