Striving and competing and its relationship to self-harm in young adults.
Journal article
Authors | Williams, Katie, Gilbert, Paul and McEwan, Kirsten |
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Abstract | Previous research has found that competitive, insecure striving (striving to avoid inferiority) has strong links with psychopathologies, self-harm and appearance anxiety. However, with rates of self-harm in young people rising, it seems important to explore the link between competitive striving and self-harm in young adults. Ninety-two participants completed a series of questionnaires which measured striving to avoid inferiority, self-harm, psychopathologies, social comparison, goal orientation and self-ideals. The results showed that competitive insecure striving was a key predictor of self-harm, depression, anxiety and stress. |
Previous research has found that competitive, insecure striving (striving to | |
Keywords | Competition; Inferiority; Self-harm; Young adult |
Year | 2009 |
Journal | International Journal of Cognitive Therapy |
Publisher | Guildford Press |
ISSN | 19371209 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2009.2.3.282 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/622856 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/622856 | |
Publication dates | Sep 2009 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 30 Jul 2018, 11:05 |
Contributors | Kingsway Hospital and University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9567z/striving-and-competing-and-its-relationship-to-self-harm-in-young-adults
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