Implicit associations with non-suicidal self-injury: Examination in a clinical sample by borderline personality symptomatology.

Autor: Steele SJ; Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA., Jaffe NM; McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA., Kelly CA; Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA., Björgvinsson T; McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA., Swenson LP; Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The British journal of clinical psychology [Br J Clin Psychol] 2024 Oct 07. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12506
Abstrakt: Objectives: We examine correlates and predictors for implicit associations with non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) with the Self-Injury Implicit Association Test (SI-IAT) in a treatment-seeking sample. We also examine group differences in the SI-IAT among those with low/none, moderate and high/clinically significant borderline personality disorder (BPD) symptomatology in a treatment-seeking sample.
Methods: Participants (N = 111; 58% female; 89% White; M age  = 30.25) completed the SI-IAT and self-report measures at two time points.
Results: Higher BPD symptom scores were significantly, positively correlated with implicit identification with NSSI, and predicted NSSI identity when controlling for depression indices, history of NSSI and other covariates. With Time 1 SI-IAT scores entered as a covariate, BPD scores no longer significantly predicted Time 2 SI-IAT scores. Individuals with moderate and high/clinically significant symptom counts of BPD had higher/stronger implicit associations with NSSI identity than those with no/low BPD symptoms.
Conclusions: Individuals with symptoms of BPD may implicitly identify with NSSI more than other clinical groups; examination of implicit assessments in BPD in future research is needed to further explore implicit identification with NSSI in this patient group to further understand both cross-sectional and prospective relations.
(© 2024 British Psychological Society.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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