The incremental utility of emotion regulation but not emotion reactivity in nonsuicidal self-injury

Résumé

This study assessed the incremental utility of emotion reactivity and emotion regulation in relation to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Participants included 379 college students aged 18–22 who completed self-report measures of emotion regulation, emotion reactivity, and NSSI. Emotion regulation was significantly related to NSSI both ignoring and controlling for reactivity, but the reverse was not true. Participants' use of NSSI for affect regulation appeared to moderate this relation. Findings support emotion regulation deficits as a target for intervention over and above heightened emotion reactivity, especially in those who use NSSI to regulate negative affect. ÉTATS-UNIS GENRE HOMME FEMME JEUNE-ADULTE ÉTUDIANT-UNIVERSITAIRE AUTO-MUTILATION BRULURE NON-SUICIDAIRE COMPORTEMENT-RISQUE COMPORTEMENT-AUTODESTRUCTEUR ÉMOTION TROUBLE-HUMEUR