Meaning in life and non-suicidal self-injury: A follow-up study with participants with Borderline Personality Disorder

Psychopathological Differences Between Suicide Ideators and Suicide Attempters in Patients with Mental Disorders

“…To our knowledge, no previous studies have examined differences in meaning in life between these groups. According to previous research that found meaning in life to be a predictor of future NSSI (Marco et al ., ), in this study, we found that considering one's life to be worth living, with a sense of fulfillment, and being able to plan future goals, protects against suicide ideation and attempts. In other words, meaning in life is a construct underlying the continuum of suicide behaviors and, thus, should be taken into account in therapeutic interventions with these types of patients.…”

Associations Among Meaning in Life, Body Image, Psychopathology, and Suicide Ideation in Spanish Participants With Eating Disorders

“…Third, important nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) rates have been reported in patients with ED, with a prevalence of NSSI between 13.6% and 42.1% for restricting AN, between 27.8% and 68.1% for purging AN, and between 26% and 55.2% for BN (Svirko & Hawton, ), 26.2% for EDNOS, and 19.8% for BED (Claes et al., ). In addition, meaning in life has been negatively associated with NSSI (Marco, García‐Alandete et al., ).…”

“…Moreover, participants diagnosed with AN, BN, BED, and EDNOS present with several characteristic symptoms of BPD: emotional dysregulation (Ruscitti, Rufino, Goodwin, & Wagner, ), impulsivity, mood intolerance, and interpersonal problems (Thompson‐Brenner et al, ). In this regard, Marco, Pérez, García‐Alandete, and Moliner () found that meaning in life was negatively associated with emotional and behavioral symptoms of BPD, such as NSSI, emotional dysregulation, suicide threats, suicide attempts, high‐risk behaviors, drug overdose, and aggressive behaviors.…”

Resorting to Internet: A look at university students’ problematic Internet use through meaning in life, self-efficacy and self-esteem

“…On the other hand, psychopathologies such as anxiety, depression are more common among those feeling inadequacies or searching for meaning (Steger et al, 2009). Furthermore, these individuals displays more health risking behaviors than those perceiving their lives meaningful and they are more inclined to addictions (Marco et al, 2015;Thege et al, 2013). In other words, individuals make efforts to compensate such meaning inadequacies with maladaptive ways.…”

“…Perceived meaning in life was found to be positively correlated to many psychological well-being and physical health indicators (Reopke, Jayawickreme & Riffle, 2014;Steger, Fitch-Martin, Donnelly & Rickard, 2015). On the other hand, the more search for meaning in life increases (Steger, Mann, Michels & Cooper, 2009) the more anxiety, depression level and health risking behaviors increase (Marco et al, 2015), and level of psychological and pysical well being decreases (Steger et al, 2006;Steger et al, 2009). Meaning in life reported by individuals addicted to smoking, substance, alcohol, and drugs is found to be lower compared to those not addicted to such (Nicholson et al, 1994;Thege, Urban & Kopp, 2013;Waisberg & Porter, 1994) and meaning in life plays a facilitating role in psychotherapy (Debats, 1996).…”