Striving and competing and its relationship to self-harm in young adults

Williams, Katie, Gilbert, Paul and McEwan, Kirsten 2009. Striving and competing and its relationship to self-harm in young adults. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy 2 (3) , pp. 282-291. 10.1521/ijct.2009.2.3.282

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Abstract

Previous research has found that competitive, insecure striving (striving to avoid inferiority) has strong links with mood disorders, self-harm, and appearance anxiety. However, with rates of reported self-harm in young people rising, it seems important to explore the link between competitive striving and self-harm in young adults. Ninety participants completed a series of questionnaires which measured striving to avoid inferiority, self-harm, mood, social comparison, goal orientation, and self-ideals. The results indicated that competitive insecure striving was significantly related to self-harm, depression, anxiety, and stress.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	Guilford Press
ISSN:	1937-1209
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2017 05:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94023

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