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Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in General Psychology; rumination; self-criticism; self-harm; depression; working memory
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My Own Worst Enemy: Exploring Factors That Predict Self-Harm, Matthew Allen Loesch
My Own Worst Enemy: Exploring Factors That Predict Self-Harm, Matthew Allen Loesch
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Current research on factors predicting self-harm focus on disparate factors and may not be able to comprehensively explain the mechanisms causing self-harm. The aim of the current study was to examine factors that may be related yet independently predict self-harm. Factors discussed include rumination, self-criticism, and working memory. A binary logistic regression found that the only factor that predicted the presence of self-harming behavior was a high level of self-criticism. Further, a Classification and Regression Tree found that the single strongest predictor of self-harming behavior was a belief that love needs to be continually earned from others. Our findings have …