Comparison of impulsivity and Comparative Self-Criticism in adolescent girls with and without a history of self-mutilation

Aliyeh SHokralahzadeghan¹

1) M.A of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran

IOI Code : XEFA-HFEKA
Publication : 3th National Conference on Psychopathology(asruma3.ir)
Abstract :
    The aim of the present study was to compare impulsivity and self-criticism in teenage girls with and without a history of self-mutilation. The method of this research was causal-comparative. The statistical population of the research included all female students of the first year of high school in Ardabil city in the academic year of 2021-2022, as well as teenagers referred to the emergency department of Dr. Fatemi Hospital in this city. The sample size of the study was 80 people (40 students with self-mutilation and 40 students without self-mutilation) who were selected by purposive sampling method. The data collection tool included Barat s impulsivity questionnaire (1994) and self-criticism level scale (Thampson and Zuroff, 2004). Data analysis was done by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) using SPSS20 statistical software. The findings showed that there is a significant difference between impulsivity and external self-criticism in adolescent girls with and without a history of self-mutilation (p<0.01). So that the average variables of impulsivity and self-criticism levels in teenage girls with a history of self-mutilation were higher than those of teenage girls without a history of self-mutilation (p<0.01). The obtained results indicate the high level of impulsiveness and comparative self-criticism in adolescent girls with a history of self-mutilation, so attention to these variables is emphasized by psychologists and psychotherapists related to these people.

Keywords : impulsivity comparative self criticism self mutilation