Determining the Contribution of Behavioral Activation / Inhibition Brain Systems and Difficulty in Emotion Regulation in Predicting Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents

Malek Ghorbani, Elham Rezania

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The aim of the present study was to determine the contribution of behavioral activation / inhibition brain systems and difficulty in emotion regulation in predicting self-injurious behavior in adolescents. The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the present study was all adolescents aged 15 to 18 years studying in high schools in Tehran in the academic year 2020, from which 100 people were selected by convenience sampling. The instruments used in this study were standard self-harm questionnaires, behavioral inhibition / activation systems, and difficulty in emotion regulation. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation test and multivariate regression stepwise. The findings of the present study showed that a positive and significant relationship between behavioral activation systems, difficulty in emotion regulation and its dimensions including rejection of emotional responses, difficulty in performing purposeful behavior, difficulty in controlling impulse, lack of emotional awareness There is limited access to emotion regulation strategies and lack of emotional clarity with self-injurious behaviors, and there is a significant negative relationship between behavioral inhibition systems and self-injurious behaviors (P <0.01). Also, the results of regression analysis showed that the variables of behavioral activator, lack of emotional awareness and rejection of emotional responses can predict 0.45, 0.22 and 0.41% of the variance of self-injurious behaviors in adolescents, respectively.

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