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An experimental investigation of emotional willingness and physical pain tolerance in deliberate self-harm: the moderating role of interpersonal distress
- Source :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 52, Iss 1, Pp 63-74 (2011)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2011.
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Abstract
- Although theoretical and clinical literature emphasize the role of both an unwillingness to experience emotional distress and physical pain tolerance in deliberate self-harm (DSH), research on their associations with DSH remains limited. This study sought to examine the relationships between DSH and the willingness to experience emotional distress and tolerate physical pain, including the moderating role of interpersonal distress in these relationships. To this end, young adults with recent DSH (n = 43) and controls without any DSH (n = 52) were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 emotion-induction conditions (distressing or neutral), after which behavioral measures of both the willingness to experience distress and physical pain tolerance were obtained. Consistent with hypotheses, findings indicated heightened physical pain tolerance among self-harming individuals only under conditions of interpersonal distress. Furthermore, findings provided some support for the hypothesized association between DSH and the unwillingness to experience emotional distress, suggesting that self-harming women evidence less willingness to experience emotional distress only under conditions of depleted regulatory capacity (eg, following an interpersonal stressor).
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pain Threshold
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
lcsh:RC435-571
Pain tolerance
Pain
Poison control
Interpersonal communication
Models, Psychological
Young Adult
Interpersonal relationship
Sex Factors
lcsh:Psychiatry
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Psychiatry
Stressor
Human factors and ergonomics
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Distress
Female
Psychology
Self-Injurious Behavior
Stress, Psychological
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0010440X
- Volume :
- 52
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Comprehensive Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3727966d6196d208950cb7841fa7e488