Emotional regulation and self-injury behavior among adolescents / 中国学校卫生

ABSTRACT

Abstract@#Self-injury behavior, a common strategy for coping with negative emotions, is widespread among adolescents with impulsive and emotional dysregulation. Self-injury behavior severely impacts an adolescent’s mental and physical well-being, and has become one of the important disease burdens, which deserves much attention from both scholars and school health care providers. Based on literature review, the definition, epidemiology and influencing factors of self-injury, as well as proposed prevention and intervention strategies for self-injury focusing on emotional regulation, were provided.