Mediating role of depression in the association between alexithymia and nonsuicidal self-injury in a representative sample of adolescents in Taiwan

Abstract Background Nock’s (2009) integrated theoretical model suggests that specific intrapersonal vulnerability factors caused by distal risk factors contribute to the development of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Alexithymia and depression have been found to predict NSSI. Based on Nock’s model,...

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Main Authors: Wen-Ching Tang, Min-Pei Lin, Jo Yung-Wei Wu, Yueh-Ting Lee, Jianing You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-022-00477-8