Profiling ambivalence in the context of nonsuicidal self-injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to identify profiles of ambivalence among individuals with a history of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and tested whether profiles differed across various theoretically informed constructs: NSSI-related characteristics, cognitive (outcome expectancies, self-efficacy to resist NSSI), emotional (psychological distress, difficulties in emotion regulation), personality, and incentives to engage/not engage in NSSI.

Methods

Individuals with a lifetime history of NSSI (n = 224) reported the extent to which they wanted to and did not want to engage in NSSI and completed well-validated measures of the constructs of interest.

Results

Latent profile analysis indicated four ambivalence profiles (avoid: n = 39; moderately ambivalent: n = 85; highly ambivalent:

SUBMITTER: Gray N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952785 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature