@article{ref1,
title="Assessing non-suicidal self-injury in the laboratory",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2018",
author="Ammerman, Brooke and Berman, Mitchell E. and McCloskey, Michael S.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="193-223",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The majority of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) research has used self- or clinician-rated measures of behavior which (a) are subject to reporting biases, or (b) have limited use in experimental designs which could illuminate causal relationships. Laboratory-based behavioral tasks have therefore been developed to assess NSSI-related behaviors more directly. <br><br>METHODS: We reviewed the behavioral methods that have been developed to assess NSSI tendencies or behaviors over the past thirty-years. <br><br>RESULTS: Several categories of laboratory analogues were identified: NSSI-related stimuli (e.g., NSSI pictures, implicit association tasks, guided imagery), experimenter administered pain stimuli (e.g., cold, heat, pressure, shock, and blade), and self-selected pain stimuli (e.g., cold and shock). <br><br>CONCLUSION: These behavioral methods assess various aspects of NSSI and all have distinct advantages and shortcomings. Overall, these approaches have made significant contributions to the field complementing self- and clinician-ratings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2017.1319312",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1319312"
}