TY - CHAP
T1 - Understanding the Social Context of NSSI: Interpersonal Stress in Romantic and Peer Relationships and Peer Socialization of NSSI
AU - Pollak, Olivia H.
AU - Clayton, Matthew G.
AU - Nelson, Benjamin W.
AU - Prinstein, Mitchell J.
A2 - Lloyd-Richardson, Elizabeth
A2 - Baetens, Imke
A2 - Whitlock, Janis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Oxford University Press 2024. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/6/20
Y1 - 2023/6/20
N2 - This chapter assesses recent research examining social and interpersonal factors in relation to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), with a focus on peer relationships and peer influence processes, particularly among adolescents. It begins by discussing several domains of peer-related experiences that have been shown to cross-sectionally or longitudinally predict NSSI engagement in adolescents. These include romantic relationships, peer friendships, and experiences of peer victimization. The chapter then reviews emerging work on biophysiological responses to socially themed stress that may characterize those who engage in NSSI, and which may shed light on intraindividual mechanisms linking peer-related experiences of stress and NSSI. It also considers how exposure to others’ engagement in NSSI, particularly in peer networks, may be a potent environmental-level factor within adolescents’ social milieu that may moderate risk for NSSI. Finally, the chapter describes social—including family, peer, and romantic partner—protective factors, with important clinical implications for prevention and treatment of NSSI.
AB - This chapter assesses recent research examining social and interpersonal factors in relation to nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), with a focus on peer relationships and peer influence processes, particularly among adolescents. It begins by discussing several domains of peer-related experiences that have been shown to cross-sectionally or longitudinally predict NSSI engagement in adolescents. These include romantic relationships, peer friendships, and experiences of peer victimization. The chapter then reviews emerging work on biophysiological responses to socially themed stress that may characterize those who engage in NSSI, and which may shed light on intraindividual mechanisms linking peer-related experiences of stress and NSSI. It also considers how exposure to others’ engagement in NSSI, particularly in peer networks, may be a potent environmental-level factor within adolescents’ social milieu that may moderate risk for NSSI. Finally, the chapter describes social—including family, peer, and romantic partner—protective factors, with important clinical implications for prevention and treatment of NSSI.
UR - https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/45646/chapter-abstract/408581593?redirectedFrom=fulltext
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85201079328&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197611272.013.41
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197611272.013.41
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780197611272
SP - 806
EP - 829
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -