Title: Impulsivity and Self-regulation: Personality Factors and Nonsuicidal Self-injury in College Student and Beyond
Department: Psychology
Description: Despite clinical concern regarding non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors, limited research has examined how NSSI relates to personality constructs. This project aims to look beyond precipitating events and comorbidities to examine self-regulatory dysfunction and impulsivity and their relationship with NSSI. Specifically, the proposed project will consist of two studies. The first will examine existing data (collected from college students globally by the project advisor, Dr. Adrian Bravo) to examine the relationships between self-regulation, impulsivity, and NSSI behavior. The second study will involve collecting data from a new sample, with the purpose of determining the consistency of the first study's findings across many age groups and demographics. Research finds that personality is predictive of behavioral patterns. Further exploration of behavioral dysregulation in relation to multiple personality variables is critical for clinicians, administrators, and academics as it informs treatment, institutional protocol, and further research.
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Advisor: Adrian Bravo
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