Date of Award
6-2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Counseling
First Advisor
Jeanette Seaberry
Second Advisor
Judith S. Harrington
Third Advisor
Ann E. Potter
Abstract
This research examined the relationships between attachment style and frequency o f suicidal ideation, urges to self-harm, and action to self-harm in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy patients. The Attachment Style Questionnaire served as the attachment measure. The Diary Cards, used in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, served as the measure for suicide ideation, urges to self-harm and action to self-harm averages. Twenty women from the Omaha YWCA and Therapy Resource Associates participated in the study. Results o f the study suggest that there was no relationship between a high score on Avoidant and Anxious/Ambivalent attachment styles and frequency of suicide ideation, urges to self-harm, and action to self-harm. Comparatively, the study’s results did suggest a high score on the secure attachment style decreased the frequency of suicide ideation.
Recommended Citation
Vicker, Nealy Anne, "Correlational study of attachment and self-reported levels of urges to self-harm and frequency of self-harming behaviors in dialectical behavioral therapy clients" (2000). Student Work. 181.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/181
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Counseling And the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment O f the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha.