Reward processing in young people with self-harm behaviour
Emre Yavuz,
Rachel Rodrigues,
Ana Pascual Sanchez
et al.
Abstract:Twenty percent of young people report a lifetime presence of self-harm (SH) behaviour, associated with negative health and functional outcomes. Understanding the underlying cognitive mechanisms is needed to develop targeted early interventions. Reward processing biases may underlie SH, aligning with accounts of the behaviour acquiring “addictive” characteristics. However, the specific nature of such biases remains unclear, particularly its relationship with negative affect (NA) that frequently triggers SH. In … Show more
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