Does shame influence nonsuicidal self-injury among college students? An investigation into the role of shame, negative urgency, and brooding

Wielgus, Madeline D.; Hammond, Lauren E.; Fox, Andrew R.; Hudson, Melissa R.; Mezulis, Amy H.

doi:10.1080/87568225.2018.1470480

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“…Although prior research suggests that increased habitual levels of shame and shame proneness are associated with night NSSI frequency among young adults, feelings of shame did not lead to an increase in subsequent NSSI occurrences in youth in our sample (Hack & Martin, 2018; VanDerhei et al., 2014; Victor & Klonsky, 2014; Wielgus et al., 2019). However, engaging in self‐injury led to increased feelings of shame, suggesting that in adolescence with high‐symptom acuity, feelings of shame might not be the primary emotional drivers of engaging in NSSI.…”

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confidence: 71%

“…Shame may also arise in response to various circumstances or self‐referential cognitions, as it involves regretting a perceived embarrassment or transgression and seeing oneself as defective (Tangney, Stuewig, & Mashek, 2007). Not surprisingly, higher habitual levels of shame and shame proneness were linked to NSSI in college students (Hack & Martin, 2018; VanDerhei, Rojahn, Stuewig, & McKnight, 2014; Wielgus, Hammond, Fox, Hudson, & Mezulis, 2019). Similarly, in an online undergraduate daily diary study, feeling dissatisfied with self and ashamed was linked to NSSI (Victor & Klonsky, 2014).…”

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Micro‐sequences of anger and shame and non‐suicidal self‐injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study

Kudinova

Brick

Armey

et al. 2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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ObjectiveNon‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI) is a significant mental health concern with the highest prevalence among adolescents. NSSI has been conceptualized as one of the maladaptive strategies to cope with challenging affect or a form of self‐punishment. Although characterizing moment‐to‐moment associations between shame and NSSI in individuals' real‐world environment and partitioning between‐ and within‐person effects is critical for mobile and timely interventions, most studies examined habitual experiences of negative affective states and focused on adults.MethodIn this study, we focused on in vivo anger at self and others and shame and NSSI among 158 adolescents 3 weeks following their psychiatric hospitalizations using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) technology.ResultsWe found that greater between‐person levels of anger at self and others were linked to a higher number of subsequent NSSI occurrences within a day. These findings remained primarily unchanged when we statistically adjusted for participants' age, sex assigned at birth, the number of current psychiatric diagnoses, EMA response rates, and youth lifetime history of SI. Within‐person increases in NSSI were linked to increased anger at self over and beyond between‐person average levels of NSSI.ConclusionsThese findings highlight the potential regulatory role of NSSI to decrease negative affective states and point to the clinical utility of assessing and early mobile interventions targeting challenging affect in youth.

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Micro‐sequences of anger and shame and non‐suicidal self‐injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study

Kudinova

Brick

Armey

et al. 2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Specifically, we hypothesized that urgency would amplify the effects of shameproneness on NSSI and suicide attempts. One previous study reported a significant interaction effect in which greater urgency amplified the effect of heightened shame on greater frequency of NSSI among college students (Wielgus et al, 2019). To our knowledge, however, our study is novel in considering both NSSI and suicide attempts.…”

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“…Beyond suicide attempts, shame cross-sectionally and prospectively relates to NSSI (see Sheehy et al, 2019 for meta-analysis), and correlates with both the presence and frequency of NSSI (Taylor et al, 2019;Wielgus et al, 2019). A meta-analysis showed medium-to-large effect sizes for the association of NSSI history to internal (self-criticism and negative self-evaluation; d = 1.71) and external (concern that others view the self negatively; d = 0.51) shame (Gilbert, 1998;Sheehy et al, 2019).…”

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The Interaction of Shame and Urgency in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts

Sandel-Fernandez

Modavi²,

Swerdlow

et al. 2023

JEmotionPsychopathol

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Urgency, the trait-like tendency to respond to heightened emotion states with rash action, has been associated with both non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide attempts (Lynam et al., 2011). Limited research has sought to identify specific emotions that may trigger NSSI or suicide attempts for those with high urgency. We examined shame as a candidate emotion. We hypothesized that greater shame-proneness, in combination with greater urgency, would explain unique variance in NSSI and suicide attempt history in two community samples (Ns = 192 and 225). Logistic and negative binomial regression analyses examined the effects of shame, urgency, and their interaction on the presence (vs. absence) and frequency of NSSI and suicide attempts. The proposed interaction of shame and urgency was related to greater risk and frequency of NSSI and suicide attempts when examining simple slopes, across the six models tested, particularly when urgency was high. Further research should examine shame as a trigger for self-harm in the context of heightened urgency using time series designs.

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“…It is plausible that self-harm emerges as a response to the negative emotions triggered by negative cognition, which is inherently part of the emotion regulation process. Negative cognition and cognitive processing might ultimately be integrated into emotion regulation processes (Hasking et al, 2017) or interact with impulsivity or emotional dysregulation (Dutra & Sadeh, 2018; Forkus et al, 2023; Wielgus et al, 2019). Therefore, it is crucial to thoroughly investigate these potential pathways to gain a comprehensive understanding.…”

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Self-harm in sexually abused adolescents: The role of posttraumatic symptoms, emotional impulsivity, and negative cognition.

Choi,

Song

2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Does shame influence nonsuicidal self-injury among college students? An investigation into the role of shame, negative urgency, and brooding

Cited by 8 publications

References 63 publications

Micro‐sequences of anger and shame and non‐suicidal self‐injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study

Micro‐sequences of anger and shame and non‐suicidal self‐injury in youth: an ecological momentary assessment study

The Interaction of Shame and Urgency in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts

Self-harm in sexually abused adolescents: The role of posttraumatic symptoms, emotional impulsivity, and negative cognition.

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