Variety of Self-Injury: Is the Number of Different Methods of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Related to Personality, Psychopathology, or Functions of Self-Injury?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Robertson, Christopher D ^a   Miskey, Holly ^a   Mitchell, John ^b   Nelson Gray, Rosemery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

five factor model; nonsuicidal self injury; personality; reinforcement sensitivity theory; self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PUNISHMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873644805     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.748410     Document Type: Article

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