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Direct linkNock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2004
This study applied a functional approach to the assessment of self-mutilative behavior (SMB) among adolescent psychiatric inpatients. On the basis of past conceptualizations of different forms of self-injurious behavior, the authors hypothesized that SMB is performed because of the automatically reinforcing (i.e., reinforced by oneself; e.g.,…
Descriptors: Patients, Adolescents, Social Reinforcement, Self Destructive Behavior
