Effects of suppression and acceptance of sadness on the urge for non-suicidal self-injury and self-punishment

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 404-416

  Svaldi, Jennifer ^a   Dorn, Christina ^b   Matthies, Swantje ^c   Philipsen, Alexandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Borderline personality disorder; BPD; Deliberate self harm; Emotion regulation; Heart rate variability; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; NONSUICIDAL SELF INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SADNESS; SELF PUNISHMENT; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PUNISHMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84872373052     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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