TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Non-suicidal self-injury in eating disordered patients: A test of a conceptual model
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Muehlenkamp, Jennifer J.
A1  - Claes, Laurence
A1  - Smits, Dirk
A1  - Peat, Christine M.
A1  - Vandereycken, Walter
SP  - 102
EP  - 108
VL  - 188
IS  - 1
N2  - A theoretical model explaining the high co-occurrence of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in eating disordered populations as resulting from childhood traumatic experiences, low self-esteem, psychopathology, dissociation, and body dissatisfaction was previously proposed but not empirically tested. The current study empirically evaluated the fit of this proposed model within a sample of 422 young adult females (mean age=21.60; S.D.=6.27) consecutively admitted to an inpatient treatment unit for eating disorders. Participants completed a packet of questionnaires within a week of admission. Structural equation modeling procedures showed the model provided a good fit to the data, accounting for 15% of the variance in NSSI. Childhood trauma appears to have an indirect relationship to NSSI that is likely to be expressed via relationships to low self-esteem, psychopathology, body dissatisfaction, and dissociation. It appears that dissociation and body dissatisfaction may be particularly salient factors to consider in both understanding and treating NSSI within an eating disordered population.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.12.023
ID  - ref1
ER  -