Experiential Avoidance and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
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Open access
Date
2023Supervisor
Penelope Hasking
Mark Boyes
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Health Sciences
School
School of Population Health
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Abstract
My thesis explores the role of experiential avoidance in self-injury. It is comprised of four studies. Overall, I found support for experiential avoidance but rather than a unidimensional construct we need to view experiential avoidance as a multidimensional construct and use language reflective of the lived experience.
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