Attachment Orientation, Affect Regulation, and Coping Styles in Young Adults with Persistent, Transient, or Absent History of Deliberate Self-Harm

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dc.contributor.advisorWright, Kristi D.
dc.contributor.authorGelinas, Bethany Lee
dc.contributor.committeememberHart-Mitchell, Regan D.
dc.contributor.committeememberSharpe, Donald
dc.contributor.externalexaminerGenoe, Rebecca
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-13T20:26:21Z
dc.date.available2012-11-13T20:26:21Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.descriptionA Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, University of Regina. xi, 175 l..en_US
dc.description.abstractThe prevalence of deliberate self-harm (DSH) is on the rise, making clinicians more likely than ever to encounter DSH in their clinical practice (Klonsky, 2007; Nock, 2009), and consequently making research that informs such clinical practice increasingly vital. Past research has neglected to adequately explore the differences between absent, persistent, and transient DSH histories and the factors related to increased DSH frequency. Attachment orientation, coping styles, and affect regulation have been implicated as important to adjustment and psychopathology; however, the role of these constructs in DSH and specifically whether they can be successfully applied to explain the differences between DSH histories has yet to be explored. The purposes of this study were fourfold: (1) investigate the relationship between attachment orientation and likelihood of persistent, transient, or absent DSH; (2) determine whether motivations for engaging in self-harm, coping styles and affect regulation differ according to the individuals’ type of self-harm history; (3) investigate which constructs (attachment orientation, coping styles, affect regulation, or motivations) were most predictive of a particular self-harm history; and (4) develop a better understanding of the offset of DSH behaviour and how individuals managed to cease this behaviour. A battery of questionnaires was administered via an online survey to 139 university students in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between these constructs and DSH history and frequency. The relative importance and predictive utility of these constructs, the differences between DSH histories, and the information obtained on DSH cessation could contribute to more successful treatment and more efficacious prevention. Findings are discussed in terms of clinical and scientific implications.en_US
dc.description.authorstatusStudenten
dc.description.peerreviewyesen
dc.identifier.tcnumberTC-SRU-3623
dc.identifier.thesisurlhttp://ourspace.uregina.ca/bitstream/handle/10294/3623/Gelinas_Bethany_200298830_MA_PSYC_Fall_2012.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10294/3623
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Reginaen_US
dc.subject.lcshParasuicide
dc.subject.lcshSelf-mutilation
dc.subject.lcshSelf-destructive behavior
dc.subject.lcshAttachment behavior
dc.subject.lcshAffect (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshAdjustment (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshYoung adults--Psychology
dc.titleAttachment Orientation, Affect Regulation, and Coping Styles in Young Adults with Persistent, Transient, or Absent History of Deliberate Self-Harmen_US
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Reginaen
thesis.degree.levelMaster'sen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)en_US
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