Deliberate Self-Harm

描述（由申请人提供）：故意自残（在没有有意识自杀意图的情况下故意破坏身体组织）在精神病学和法医环境中被广泛研究。这项研究提供了关于患者和囚犯人群中DSH患病率和临床相关性的重要信息。本研究将对文献做出几项独特的贡献。本项目将调查不倾向于可能混淆结果的主要精神病理学形式的样本中DSH的患病率和相关性，分析正常和病理人格特征以及通常研究的I轴障碍，使用自我和同伴报告评估这些变量，并制定研究DSH现象学和心理功能的措施。参与者将是2006名空军新兵（AF）和1900名大学生（CS）。先前的研究和初步分析表明，该样本包含约250个自毁者（4% AF, 10% CS）。报告和不报告DSH病史的参与者将在人口学、临床和人格变量上进行比较。一组自残的大学生（n=120）将接受一项旨在评估自残类型（如割伤、烧伤）、这些类型的共发病情况、自残发作频率、发病年龄、发作前、伴随和之后的情绪、自残的后果（积极和消极）以及自残的原因的DSH测量。这些数据将大大有助于我们了解DSH的患病率、相关现象学和功能，并鼓励和促进未来对这一行为的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Deliberate self-harm (the deliberate destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent) has been studied extensively in psychiatric and forensic settings. This research has yielded important information about the prevalence and clinical correlates of DSH in patient and prisoner populations. The present research will make several unique contributions to the literature. This project will investigate the prevalence and correlates of DSH in samples not disposed to major forms of psychopathology that could confound results, analyze both normal and pathological personality traits in addition to the Axis I disorders typically studied, assess these variables using both self- and peer- reports, and develop a measure for studying the phenomenology and psychological functions of DSH. Participants will be 2,006 Air Force recruits (AF), and 1,900 college students (CS). Previous research and preliminary analyses indicate that this sample contains approximately 250 self-harmers (4% AF, 10% CS). Participants who do and do not report a history of DSH will be compared on demographic, clinical, and personality variables. A subset of college students who self-harm (n=120) will be administered a measure of DSH designed to assess: the types of self-harm performed (e.g., cutting, burning), the co-morbidity of these types, frequency of DSH episodes, age of onset, emotion_ preceding, accompanying, and following an episode, consequences (both positive and negative) of self-harming, and reasons for engaging in DSH. These data will contribute substantially to our knowledge of the prevalence, correlates phenomenology, and functions of DSH, as well as encourage and facilitate future research on this behavior.