Prediction of Self-Harm Behaviors in Women Based on Experience of Violence, Self-Differentiation, and Cognitive Regulation Strategies
Keywords:
Differentiation , Self-Harming Behaviors, Violence Experience, Cognitive Regulation Strategies, DifferentiationAbstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to predict self-harm behaviors in women based on their experience of violence, self-differentiation, and cognitive regulation strategies.
Methodology: This research was applied in terms of its objective and classified as descriptive-correlational in terms of its method and nature. The study population consisted of women visiting health service centers of the Welfare Organization. Based on the formula by Tabachnick and Fidell, 148 participants were selected as the sample using purposive sampling. For data collection, the following questionnaires were used: the Self-Differentiation Scale (2011), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire by Gross and John (2003), the Violence Experience Measure for Women by Hajyahi (1999), and the Self-Harm Behaviors Scale by Sanson et al. (1998).
Findings: The results showed that experience of violence (β = 0.207), self-differentiation (β = -0.248), and cognitive regulation strategies (β = -0.213) were significant predictors of self-harm behaviors in women. Among the components of these variables, sexual violence (β = 0.385), enmeshment with others (β = 0.272), and cognitive reappraisal (β = -0.152) had the highest impact on self-harm behaviors in women.
Conclusion: To reduce social harm, it is recommended that educational institutions related to family mental health pay more attention to the role of women, who are responsible for raising the next generation.
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