The Role of Distress Tolerance in the Relationship Between Affect and NSSI.
Ashley SlabbertPenelope HaskingLies NotebaertMark E BoyesPublished in: Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research (2020)
Considering the independent roles of negative and positive affectivity alongside specific facets of distress tolerance and their interactions with emotional experience, may enhance understanding of NSSI. Prevention and intervention initiatives that assist regulation of negative affectivity, increase positive affectivity, and improve distress tolerance, may reduce the likelihood of engaging in self-injury.HighlightsNegative and positive affectivity are independently associated with NSSIAppraisal and absorption facets of distress tolerance are associated with NSSIPositive affectivity moderates associations between appraisal and absorption and NSSI.