“…Other studies demonstrated poor family communication a characteristic of individuals with NSSI (Tulloch, Blizzard, & Pinkus, ), and positively correlated with the frequency and severity of NSSI (Halstead, Pavkov, Hecker, & Seliner, ). Lower family cohesion and lack of independence were also found to be positively associated with NSSI (Baetens et al., ; Baetens, Andrews, Claes, & Martin, ; Cruz, Narciso, Pereira, & Sampaio, ; Halstead et al., ). Additionally, low levels of affective responsiveness (Baetens et al., ; Briere & Gil, ; Dubo, Zanarini, Lewis, & Williams, ; Fliege et al., ) and excessive affective involvement (Gratz, ; McWhirter, McWhirter, McWhirter, & McWhirter, ) served as predictors of NSSI.…”