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NON SUICIDAL SELF-INJURY 

Doctoral thesis

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is defined as the intentional and direct injuring of one's own  body tissue without suicidal intent (Nock, 2009). Given that approximately 17.2% of  adolescents and 13% of young adults report a history of NSSI (Swannell, Martin, Page,  Hasking, & St John, 2014), it is being increasingly identified as an important mental health concern. Few studies to date have examined NSSI in relation to the core developmental task of adolescence, that is, identity formation. Additionally, insight into the prevalence and developmental associations of NSSI in non-Western countries (such as India) is still lacking.To address these gaps in the literature, the doctoral thesis explored the association between NSSI and identity formation. We also investigated composite models combining antecedent factors (eg, temperament, attachment) and identity formation and NSSI, to better understand NSSI. Finally, we also explored NSSI from a cross-cultural perspective.

Amarendra Gandhi PhD

Manuscripts

  • Raemen, L., Luyckx, K., Palmeroni, N., Verschueren, M., GANDHI, A. , Grobler, A., & Claes, L. (2021). Trauma and self-harming behaviors in high school students: The mediating role of identity formation. Journal of  Adolescence, 92, 20-29.
  • Cipriano, A., Claes, L., GANDHI, A. , Cella, S., & Cotrufo, P. (2020). Does anger expression mediate the relationship between parental rejection and direct and indirect forms of non-suicidal self-injury?. Journal of Child and  Family Studies , 29, 3575-3585.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Adhikari, A., Parmar, D., Desousa, A., Shah, N., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2020). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and its association with identity Formation in India and Belgium: A Cross-Cultural Case-Control Study. Transcultural Psychiatry , 0, 1-11.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Adhikari, A., Parmar, D., De Sousa, A., Shah, N., ... & Claes, L. (2020). Nonsuicidal self-injury and identity formation in Indian clinical and nonclinical samples: A comparative study. International Journal  of Social Psychiatry , 0020764020943618.
  • Buelens, T., Luyckx, K., Kiekens, G., GANDHI, A. , Muehlenkamp, ​​JJ, & Claes, L. (2020). Investigating the DSM-5 criteria for non-suicidal self-injury disorder in a community sample of adolescents. Journal of Affective Disorders , 260, 314-322.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Molenberghs, G., Baetens, I., Goossens, L., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2019). Maternal and peer attachment, identity formation, and non
    -suicidal self-injury: A longitudinal mediation study. Child and Adolescent  Psychiatry and Mental Health , 13:7.

  • Buelens, T., Luyckx, K., GANDHI, A., Kiekens, G., Claes, C. (2019). Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence: Longitudinal associations with psychological distress and rumination. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology , 47, 1569-1581.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Baetens, I., Kiekens, G., Sleuwaegen, E., Berens, A., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2018). Age of onset of non-suicidal self-injury in Dutch-speaking adolescents and emerging adults: An event history analysis of pooled data. Comprehensive Psychiatry , 80, 170-178.
  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Goossens, L., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2018). Association between non-suicidal self-injury, parent- and peer-related loneliness, and attitude towards aloneness in Flemish adolescents: An empirical note. Psychologica Belgica , 58, 3-12.
  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Maitra, S., Kiekens, G., Verschueren, M., Claes, L. (2017). Directionality of effects between non-suicidal self-injury and identity formation: A cross-lagged prospective study in adolescents. Personality and  Individual Differences , 109, 124-129.
  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Maitra, S., Kiekens, G., Claes, L. (2016). Reactive and regulatory temperament and non-suicidal self-injury in Flemish adolescents: The intervening role of identity formation. Personality and  Individual Differences , 99, 254-259.
  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Goossens, L., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2016). Sociotropy, autonomy, and non-suicidal self-injury: The mediating role of identity confusion. Personality and Individual Differences , 99, 272-277.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury and other self-directed violent behaviors in India: A review of definitions and research. Asian Journal of Psychiatry , 22, 196-201.

  • GANDHI, A. , Claes, L., Bosmans, G., Baetens, I., Wilderjans, T., Shubhada, M., Kiekens, G., Luyckx, K. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury and adolescents attachment with peers and mother: The mediating role of identity synthesis and confusion. Journal of Child and Family Studies , 25, 1735-1745.

  • GANDHI, A. , Luyckx, K., Maitra, S., Claes, L. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury and identity distress in Flemish adolescents: Exploring gender differences and mediational pathways. Personality and Individual  Differences , 82, 215-220.

  • Claes, L., Luyckx K., Bijttebier, P., Turner, B., GANDHI, A. , Smets, J., Norré, J., Van Assche, L., Verheyen, E., Goris, Y., Hoksbergen, I., Schoevaerts, K
    (2015). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in eating disorder patients: Associations with identity formation above and beyond anxiety and depression. European Eating  Disorders Review , 23, 119-125.

  • Luyckx, K., GANDHI, A. , Bijttebier, P., Claes, L. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury in high school students: Associations with identity processes and statuses. Journal of Adolescence , 41, 76-81.

  • Luyckx, K., GANDHI, A. , Bijttebier, P., Claes, L. (2015). Non-suicidal self-injury in female adolescents and psychiatric patients: A replication and extension of the role of identity formation. Personality and Individual  Differences , 77, 91-96.

EATING DISORDERS 

  • Verschueren, M., Claes, L., Palmeroni, N., Bogaerts, A., GANDHI, A. , Moons, P., & Luyckx, K. (2020). Eating Disorder Symptomatology in Adolescent Boys and Girls: Identifying Distinct Developmental Trajectory Classes. Journal of  Youth and Adolescence , 1-17.
  • Verschueren, M., Claes, L., Bogaerts, A., Palmeroni, N., GANDHI, A. , Moons, P., & Luyckx, K. (2018). Eating disorder symptomatology and identity formation in adolescence: A cross-lagged longitudinal approach. Frontiers in  Psychology , 9, 816. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00816.

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Bogaerts, A., Claes, L., Buelens, T., GANDHI, A. , Kiekens, G., Bastiaens, T., & Luyckx, K. (2020). The self-Concept and identity measure in adolescents: Factor structure, measurement invariance, and associations with identity, personality traits, and borderline personality features. European Journal of  Psychological Assessment.

  • Vandenbroucke, T., Verheecke, M., van Gerwen, M., Van Calsteren, K., Halaska, MJ, Fumagalli, M., GANDHI, A. , ... & Ottevanger, PB (2020). Child development at 6 years after maternal cancer diagnosis and treatment during pregnancy. European Journal of Cancer , 138, 57-67.

  • Verschueren, M., Claes, L., GANDHI, A. , & Luyckx, K. (2019). Identity and Psychopathology: Bridging Developmental and Clinical Research. Emerging Adulthood, 2167686819870021.
  • Young, MK, Kovacs, AH, ... GANDHI, A. , Moons, P., Cedars, AM, (2018). Physical activity-related drivers of perceived health status in adults with congenital heart disease: A multi-center international study. American Journal  of Cardiology , 122, 1437-1442.
  • Bogaerts, A., Claes, L., Schwartz, SJ, Becht, AI, Verschueren, M.,  GANDHI, A. , & Luyckx, K. (2018). Identity structure and processes in adolescence: examining the directionality of between-and within-person associations. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-17.
  • Sleuwaegen, E., Hulstijn, W., Claes, L., Houben, M., GANDHI, A. , Berens, A., & Sabbe, B. (2018). Are emotional action tendencies and attentional bias related to temperament dimensions in patients with borderline personality disorder?. Psychiatry Research , 266, 247-252.