TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Assessing non-suicidal self-injury in the laboratory
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Ammerman, Brooke
A1  - Berman, Mitchell E.
A1  - McCloskey, Michael S.
SP  - 193
EP  - 223
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2017.1319312
ID  - ref1
ER  -