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Citation |
Chapman AL, Specht MW, Cellucci T. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2005; 35(4): 388-399. |
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Affiliation |
Simon Fraser University, Department of Psychology, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada. alex_chapman@msn.com |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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16178694 |
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Abstract |
The theory that borderline personality disorder (BPD) is associated with experiential avoidance, and that experiential avoidance mediates the association between BPD and deliberate, nonsuicidal self-harm was examined. Female inmate participants (N = 105) were given structured diagnostic assessments of BPD, as well as several measures of experiential avoidance. There was a high lifetime prevalence of past self-harm (47.6%). Higher dimensional scores representing BPD severity were associated with higher self-harm frequency and greater experiential avoidance. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that experiential avoidance did not mediate the association between BPD and self-harm, although thought suppression was associated with self-harm frequency. |