Temperament and Self-Harm Behavior in University Students
Abstract
Abstract Views: 0
The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between temperament and self-harm behavior in university students. This was a correlational study in which a total of 300 university students were involved ranging from 19 to 23 years (M ₌ 21.04, SD ₌ 1.26). Two self-report measures were used including the Temperament Scale for University Students (TSUS) and Self-Harm Tendencies Scale (SHTS). The results concluded that impulsivity, submissiveness, and introversion temperament traits were positively linked with self-harm behavior and only apprehensiveness temperament predicted self-harm behavior. Overall, women were found to be more prone to self-injurious behaviors.
Downloads
References
Abdelraheem, M., McAloon, J., & Shand, F. (2019). Mediating and moderating variables in the prediction of self-harm in young people: A systematic review of prospective longitudinal studies. Journal of Affective Disorders, 246, 14–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.004
Beckman, K., Lysell, H., Haglund, A., & Dahlin, M. (2019). Prognoses after self-harm in youth: Exploring the gender factor. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 54(4), 437–444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-018-1618-7
Bresin, K., & Schoenleber, M. (2015). Gender differences in the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 38, 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2015.02.009
Brereton, A., & McGlinchey, E. L. (2019). Self-harm, emotion regulation, and experiential avoidance: A systematic review. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(Suppl 1),124. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.156375
Christoffersen, M. N., Møhl, B., DePanfilis, D., & Vammen, K. S. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury--Does social support make a difference? An epidemiological investigation of a Danish national sample. Child Abuse & Neglect, 44, 106–116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.10.023
Castellví, P., Lucas-Romero, E., Miranda-Mendizábal, A., Parés‐Badell, O., Almenara, J., Alonso, I., Blasco, M. J., Cebrià, A. I., Gabilondo, A., Gili, M., Lagares‐Franco, C., Rodríguez, J. a. P., Roca, M., Marín, J. R., Rodríguez-Jiménez, T., Soto‐Sanz, V., & Alonso, J. (2017). Longitudinal association between self-injurious thoughts and behaviors and suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 215, 37–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.03.035
Cloninger, C. R. (1994). Temperament and personality. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 4(2), 266–273. https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-4388(94)90083-3
Duarte, E., Pereira, M. D. C., Gomes, H. S., & Sampaio, D. (2019). How do families represent the functions of deliberate self-harm? A comparison between the social representations from adolescents and their parents. Archives of Suicide Research, 24(Suppl 1), 173–189. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1545713
Durrani, S. M., Mahmood, Z., & Saleem, S. (2017). The development and validation of Temperament Scale for University Students. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 11(1), 264–275.
Garcia, D., Al Nima, A., & Kjell, O. N. (2014). The affective profiles, psychological well-being, and harmony: Environmental mastery and self-acceptance predict the sense of a harmonious life. PeerJ, 2, Article e259. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.259
Görgülü, T., & Tutarel-Kişlak, Ş. (2014). Submissive behaviour, depression, and suicide probability in male arrestees and convicts. Noro psikiyatri arsivi/ Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 51(1), 40–45. https://doi.org/10.4274/npa.y6563
Husain, M. O., Umer, M., Taylor, P., Chaudhry, N., Kiran, T., Ansari, S., Chaudhry, I. B., & Husain, N. (2019). Demographic and psychosocial characteristics of self-harm: The Pakistan perspective. Psychiatry Research, 279, 201–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.070
Karimi, S., Pirmoradi, M., Ashouri, A., & Aghebati, A. (2021). Relationship of temperament and character traits, emotional regulation and perceived parenting with self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, 26(4), 448–463. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/ijpcp.26.4.2955.2.1
Khan, S., & Kausar, R. (2020). Psychosocial factors of non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents and young adults. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 35(4), 637–655. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.4.34
Liao, C., Gu, X., Wang, J., Li, K., Wang, X., Zhao, M., & Feng, Z. (2022). The relation between neuroticism and non-suicidal self-injury behavior among college students: Multiple mediating effects of emotion regulation and depression. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), Article e2885. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052885
Liu, R. T., Trout, Z. M., Hernandez, E. M., Cheek, S. M., & Gerlus, N.
(2017). A behavioral and cognitive neuroscience perspective on impulsivity, suicide, and non-suicidal self-injury: Meta-analysis and recommendations for future research. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 83, 440–450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.09.019
Lockwood, J., Daley, D., Townsend, E., & Sayal, K. (2017). Impulsivity and self-harm in adolescence: A systematic review. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 26(4), 387–402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-016-0915-5
Nisar, H., Aqeel, M., & Ahmad, A. (2020). Indigenous need arise to protect human from self-harm behavior in Pakistan: Translation and validation of inventory of statements about self-injury. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 13(5), 421–433. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-10-2019-0080
Oakland, T., Callueng, C., Rizwan, M., & Aftab, S. (2012). Temperament styles of children from Pakistan and the United States. School Psychology International, 33(2), 207–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034311420358
Plener, P. L., Schumacher, T. S., Munz, L. M., & Groschwitz, R. C. (2015). The longitudinal course of non-suicidal self-injury and deliberate self-harm: A systematic review of the literature. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2(1), Article e2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-014-0024-3
Puonti, V., Hirvonen, R., & Kiuru, N. (2021). Associations of temperament types and gender of early adolescents and teachers with adolescents' school well-being. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 62(4), 510–521. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12729
Rahman, F., Webb, R. T., & Wittkowski, A. (2021). Risk factors for self-harm repetition in adolescents: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 88, Article e102048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102048
Sagiv, E., & Gvion, Y. (2020). A multi factorial model of self-harm behaviors in anorexia-nervosa and bulimia-nervosa. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 96, Article e152142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2019.152142
Saleem, I. (2018). Impulsive personality traits, emotional disclosure and self-harm tendencies in early adults [Doctoral dissertation, University of Management and Technology].
Steinhoff, A., Bechtiger, L., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., & Shanahan, L. (2020). Stressful life events in different social contexts are associated with self-injury from early adolescence to early adulthood. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, Article e487200. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.487200
Strelau, J. (2020). Temperament. Springer.
Tanabe, S., Terao, T., Shiotsuki, I., Kanehisa, M., Ishii, K., Shigemitsu, O., Fujiki, M., & Hoaki, N. (2016). Anxious temperament as a risk factor of suicide attempt. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 68, 72–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.04.001
Tariq, S., & Adil, A. (2020). Rigidity as mediator between temperaments and social adjustment: A comparative study of teachers of madaris and schools of Pakistan. Archiv für Religionspsychologie / Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 42(2), 194–210. https://doi.org/10.1177/ 0084672420921956
Van Den Bogaard, K., Nijman, H., Palmstierna, T., & Embregts, P. (2018). Self-injurious behavior in people with intellectual disabilities and co-occurring psychopathology using the Self-Harm Scale: A pilot study. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 30(5), 707–722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-018-9614-0
Watson, D. (2000). Mood and temperament. Guilford Press.
Copyright (c) 2023 Nimra Noor, Sadia Irfan
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
