روانشناسی بالینی و شخصیت (May 2023)

The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Relationship between Borderline Personality Traits and Non-suicidal Self-injury in Students

  • Saeeid Shahani,
  • Ahmad Mansouri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22070/cpap.2023.17094.1302
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 1
pp. 33 – 42

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Introduction: Although the relationship between borderline personality traits and students' non-suicidal self-injury has been confirmed, little attention has been paid to its mediating factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between borderline personality traits and non-suicidal self-injury in students.Method: This was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population included 202 students of Azad Islamic University of Neyshabur, Iran. The participants were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected by borderline personality scale (STB), cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (CERQ), and deliberate self-harm inventory (DSHI). Data were analyzed using SPSS software, LISREL software, Pearson correlation, and structural equation modeling.Result: The findings showed that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies (self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, other-blame) mediated the relationship between borderline personality traits and non-suicidal self-injury in students.Discussion and conclusion: According to the results of the present study, people with borderline personality traits experience non-suicidal self-injury through maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Therefore, clinical interventions related to emotion regulation can play an important role in preventing non-suicidal self-injury.

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