Self-injury in female versus male psychiatric patients: A comparison of characteristics, psychopathology and aggression regulation

被引：97

作者：

Claes, Laurence ^{[1
]}

Vandereycken, Walter ^{[1
]}

Vertommen, Hans ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Catholic Univ Louvain, Dept Psychol, B-3200 Louvain, Belgium

来源：

PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2007年 / 42卷 / 04期

关键词：

self-injury; gender; psychiatric patients;

D O I：

10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.021

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Self-injurious behavior (SIB) is 1.5-3 times more likely in women than in men. However, there is minimal research on SIB in male populations. Therefore, we carried out a comparative study in 399 psychiatric inpatients (265 females and 134 males) by means of self-reporting questionnaires assessing SIB, psychopathological symptoms, personality disorders and aggression regulation. Compared to female patients with SIB (46.2%), males admitting SIB (31.3%) showed more burning, reported more pain experience, took less care of their wounds and concealed them less often; in males the SIB mainly served social-oriented functions (e.g., getting attention). Female SIB patients displayed more cutting, scored higher on agoraphobic and interpersonal sensitive complaints, and reported more often sexual abusive experiences. In both male and female patients SIB was linked to more clinical symptoms and personality disorders than in patients without SIB. In general, self-injury can be considered a sign of more severe psychopathology. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：611 / 621

页数：11

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