Functions of non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and young adults with Borderline Personality Disorder symptoms

Reasons for Non-Suicidal Self-Harm in Adult Male Offenders With and Without Borderline Personality Traits

“…These results are consistent with previous research (e.g., Klonsky & Glenn, 2009;Sadeh et al, 2014) and theory (Linehan, 1999). However, the findings herein and heterogeneity of BPD reminds us that self-harm is often performed for a range of individual reasons, and is not always driven by affect.…”

“…This affect regulatory function of self-harmers BPD is supported throughout a range of other sample types and methods, with interpersonal motivations RUNNING HEAD: Reasons for Non-Suicidal Self-Harm in Adult Male Offenders 9 for NSSI being endorsed significantly less frequently (Brown, Comtois & Linehan, 2002;Kleindienst et al, 2008). The same pattern has emerged in studies using the comprehensive Inventory of Statements about Self-injury (Bracken-Minor & McDevittMurphy, 2014;Klonsky & Glenn, 2009;Sadeh et al, 2014).…”

“…Alternatively, it is possible that this small sample of self-harmers failed to capture many individuals with the specific characteristics that make them vulnerable to self-harming for interpersonal reasons. Indeed, there is evidence that the need to self-harm for intra-relative to interpersonal reasons is driven by the affective and not behavioural or interpersonal features of BPD (Sadeh et al, 2014), and the presence of these features can vary massively between samples due heterogeneity of the disorder. Interestingly though, at the item level it was clear that at least one person endorsed each of the three items within each subscale, highlighting the relevance of these functions for some individuals.…”

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Swedish Adolescents : Prevalence, Characteristics, Functions and Associations With Childhood Adversities

“…The association between NSSI and features of BPD, mainly in clinical samples, is undeniable, since NSSI is a criterion of BPD (Crowell et al, 2012;Jacobson et al, 2008;Sadeh et al, 2014). There is also an association with other personality pathologies (Klonsky et al, 2003;.…”

“…The emotion regulation function has gained most empirical support, both in adult and adolescent populations, and is consistently the most commonly reported function of NSSI (Brown et al, 2002;Chapman & Dixon-Gordon, 2007;Darosh & Lloyd-Richardson, 2013;Klonsky, 2007Klonsky, , 2009Laye-Gindhu & Schonert-Reichl, 2005;Polk & Liss, 2009;Rodham, Hawton, & Evans, 2004;Sadeh et al, 2014, Suyemoto, 1998. NSSI is usually preceded by negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, frustration, sadness, loneliness and negative feelings toward self (Klonsky, 2009;Laye-Gindhu & Schonert-Reichl, 2005), and NSSI helps to regulate such distressing emotional experiences (Chapman & DixonGordon, 2007;Chapman, Gratz, & Brown, 2006;Gratz, 2003;.…”