Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 109-120.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.01.12

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The Relationship between Cumulative Environmental Risk and Non-suicidal Self-injury among College Students: The Effects of Emotion Regulation Strategies

CHEN Zixun1,2, LI Jinwen1, WANG Yumeng1, LIU Xia1   

  1. 1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097
  • Published:2023-01-10

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Abstract: The current study aimed to investigate the relationship between cumulative environmental risk and NSSI behavior of college students through two sub-studies, while it also explored the mitigating effects of distraction and cognitive reappraisal on NSSI intention in college students with multiple risks. For study 1, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 1066 college students to explore the effects and patterns of cumulative environmental risk on college students' NSSI. Based on the results of the first study, 62 college students with high-risk backgrounds were selected as subjects in study 2, then we used a laboratory experiment to investigate the alleviating effects of the two emotion regulation strategies. The results showed that the cumulative environmental risk had a significant positive effect on NSSI behavior whether in male or female college students, and both of them conform to the nonlinear "positive acceleration mode". However, the enhancing rate of NSSI behavior caused by the increase of the number of cumulative risks in male students is significantly faster than that in female students. For college students with high environmental risk background, distraction and cognitive reappraisal could momentarily reduce their NSSI propensity and NSSI identity, and could not reduce their implicit NSSI ideation. This finding suggests that we should think highly of the psychological intervention of emotional regulation strategies for college students who have experienced high level of environmental risks, which will help them reduce the tendency of engaging in NSSI.

Key words: cumulative environmental risk, non-suicidal self-injury, distraction, cognitive reappraisal, college students

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