Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Mediate the Relation between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

Autor/inn/en	Weierich, Mariann R.; Nock, Matthew K.
Titel	Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Mediate the Relation between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76 (2008) 1, S.39-44 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Mental Disorders; Injuries; Children; Correlation; Suicide; Child Abuse; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Adolescents; Incidence; Psychological Patterns; Self Destructive Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Korrelation; Selbstmord; Abuse of children; Abuse; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Vorkommen; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung
Abstract	Prior research consistently has shown a strong relation between childhood abuse and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), yet it is unclear why this relation exists. The authors examined 2 specific posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clusters as potential mechanisms through which childhood abuse may be related to NSSI. Participants were 86 adolescents (78% female, 22% male; 73% Caucasian, 27% other races/ethnicities; mean age = 17.03 years, range = 12-19 years) who completed measures of childhood abuse, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.) PTSD symptoms, and NSSI. Analyses revealed a significant relation between childhood sexual abuse in particular and the presence and frequency of NSSI. Moreover, data supported a theoretical model in which PTSD reexperiencing and avoidance/numbing symptoms independently mediate this relation. Future research must test the temporal relation between childhood sexual abuse, PTSD symptoms, and NSSI and identify additional pathways to engagement in NSSI. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10