@article{ref1,
title="Emotion dysregulation mediates the relationship between child maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2018",
author="Titelius, Elise N. and Cook, Emily and Spas, Jayson and Orchowski, Lindsay and Kivisto, Katie and O'Brien, Kimberly H. McManama and Frazier, Elisabeth and Wolff, Jennifer C. and Dickstein, Daniel P. and Kim, Kerri L. and Seymour, Karen",
volume="27",
number="3",
pages="323-331",
abstract="One risk factor for non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents is exposure to traumatic experiences, particularly child maltreatment. However, the mechanisms through which childhood maltreatment predicts NSSI are largely unknown. Emotion dysregulation (ED) is likely an important mechanism in this relationship. Therefore, this study examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment, ED, and NSSI in a sample of adolescent inpatients (n= 53). <br><br>RESULTS demonstrated that child physical and emotional maltreatment, but not child sexual abuse, was significantly associated with NSSI frequency. More specifically, ED mediated the relationship between child physical and emotional maltreatment and NSSI frequency. <br><br>FINDINGS support the importance of ED as a mediating factor in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and NSSI behaviors and highlight the need for teaching emotion regulation skills to youth affected by trauma.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1080/10926771.2017.1338814",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2017.1338814"
}