Child Maltreatment and Deliberate Self-Harm Among College Students: Testing Mediation and Moderation Models for Impulsivity

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-337

  Arens, Ashley M ^a   Gaher, Raluca M ^a   Simons, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; College students; Deliberate self harm; Impulsivity; Negative affect; Perseverance; Premeditation; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD ABUSE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865172398     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01165.x     Document Type: Article

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