Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between rumination and difficulty of emotion regulation with self-harm behaviors in students. The present research was a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the research consisted of all high school male and female students in Tehran during the academic year of 1397-98 that were 224400 people. The sample size was determined 380 people by Krejcie & Morgan table and selected by multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected by the Self-Harm Inventory Sansone, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Gratz & Roemer and the Ruminative Response Scale Nolen-Hoeksema & Morrow. Data were analyzed by the pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between the dimensions of the difficulty of emotional regulation, such as the non-acceptance of emotional responses, the difficulties engaging in goal-directed behaviors, Impulse control difficulties, lack of emotional awareness and limited access to emotional regulation strategies with self-harm behaviors. There is also a significant positive relationship between rumination and self-harm behaviors. Regression prediction of self-harm behaviors based on rumination and difficulty of emotional regulation was significant. Among the difficulty dimensions of emotion regulation, the lack of acceptance of emotional responses, the difficulty in controlling impulse and limited access to emotional regulation strategies, positively and significantly predict self-harming behaviors. Also, rumination positively and significant predict self-harm behaviors.

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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between identity styles and adolescent self-harming behaviors. The present study is considered as fundamental research in terms of aim and correlational in terms of research method. A total number of 247 adolescents aged 14-16 years old were selected among high school students in Karaj who were studying in public schools in the academic year of 2020-2021. They were evaluated using Identity Style Inventory (ISI) (Berzonsky, 1989), self-compassion scale (SCS) (Neff, 2003), and Inventory of Statements About Self-injury (ISAS) (Klonsky & Glenn, 2009) online and through virtual networks. Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and simultaneous and hierarchical regression by Baron and Kenny (1986) and SPSS-25 software. Results revealed a negative relationship between normative identity, informational identity, with self-harming behaviors and a significant positive relationship between normative identity, informational identity, and self-compassion (P<0.01). the significant negative relationship between diffuse-avoidant identity, and self-harming behaviors and positive relationship with self-compassion (P <0.01), and significant negative relationship between self-harming behaviors and self-compassion (P <0.01), and it was also found that self-compassion mediates the relationship between identity styles (diffuse-avoidant, normative, and informational identity) and self-harming behaviors. According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that identity and compassion styles as one of the factors enhancing mental health reduce self-harming behaviors in adolescents. Thus, targeting important variables such as identity styles and self-compassion can be helpful in preventing and reducing adolescents' self-harming behaviors.

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The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of alexithymia, rumination, and self-criticism in predicting self-harming behaviors in industrial drug users. This research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of this study was all industrial drug users referring to Transient Harm Reduction Centers (DIC) in District 12 of Tehran in the second half of 1399, from which 90 people were selected by convenience sampling. Research instruments included a self-harm questionnaire (Sansone et al., 1998), an Alexithymic scale (Bagby et al., 1994), a rumination questionnaire (Ghorbani et al., 2008), and a self-critical questionnaire (Gilbert et al., 2004). Pearson correlation and simultaneous linear regression were used to analyze the data. The results showed that alexithymia, rumination, and self-criticism had a positive and significant relationship with self-harm behaviors (P <0.05). Regression results also showed that alexithymia, rumination, and self-criticism were able to predict 0.45 self-harm behaviors in industrial drug users (P <0.05). Given that self-harming behavior in drug users is affected by alexithymia, rumination, and self-criticism, holding training workshops based on these concepts in this group of people seems necessary.

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The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness therapy on the cognitive emotion regulation of female adolescents with self-harming behaviors. The present study is a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The study population consisted of all female students studying in the first secondary schools of District 1 of public schools in Tehran in the academic year of 2020-2021. Among them, 60 people were selected using the cluster stage sampling method and were randomly assigned to three equal groups (20 people in each group). The research instrument included the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ) (Garnowski et al., 2006) which was performed in three stages before, after, and 2 months after the completion of sessions. Therapeutic interventions for experimental groups were held in 8 sessions, but the control group did not receive any intervention. The results obtained from multivariate analysis of covariance showed that both intervention methods are effective in improving cognitive emotion regulation and its components and their effect lasted over time (P<0.01). Also, the results of the t-test showed that there is no significant difference between the effects of the two methods on cognitive emotion regulation of students with self-harming behaviors, but the effectiveness of mindfulness on cognitive positive and negative emotion regulation strategies was higher.

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This research aimed to predict self-harming behaviors based on parents' parenting styles and metacognitive beliefs. The current research was part of applied research in terms of purpose and correlational studies in terms of method. The statistical population included all the adolescent boys of Qeshm who were studying in the second secondary school in 2022-2023, and 319 of them were selected as a sample. The tools of this research included Sanson et al.'s Self-Injurious Behaviors Questionnaire (SIB, 1998), Baumrind's Parenting Practices (BPMQ, 1991), and Wells' Metacognitive Beliefs (MCQ, 2004). The research analysis method was simultaneous regression analysis. The findings showed that the relationship between authoritarian parenting style and metacognitive beliefs with self-injurious behaviors was negative and significant (p<0.05). Also, the relationship between autocratic and permissive parenting styles with self-injurious behaviors was reported to be positive and significant (p<0.05). Also, a total of 0.171 variance of the self-injurious behaviors variable was explained by predictor variables (p<0.05). It can be concluded that parents' parenting styles and metacognitive barriers play an essential role in predicting self-harming behaviors in adolescents.