The Effect of Shame‐Proneness,Guilt‐Proneness,and Internalizing Tendencies on Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury |
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Authors: | Susan VanDerhei MA Johannes Rojahn PhD Jeffrey Stuewig PhD Patrick E. McKnight PhD |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, , Pittsburgh, PA, USA;2. Department of Psychology, George Mason University, , Fairfax, VA, USA |
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Abstract: | Nonsuicidal self‐injury is especially common in adolescents and young adults. Self‐injury may be related to shame or guilt—two moral emotions—as these differentially predict other maladaptive behaviors. Using a college sample, we examined not only how shame‐proneness, guilt‐proneness, and internalizing emotional tendencies related to self‐injury, but also whether these moral emotions moderate the relation between internalizing tendencies and self‐injury. High shame‐proneness was associated with higher frequencies of self‐injury. High guilt‐proneness was associated with less self‐injury, although this effect was mitigated at higher levels of internalizing tendencies. These results suggest shame‐proneness is a risk factor for self‐injury, while guilt‐proneness is protective. |
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