| 【Abstract】 Background In recent years, the incidence rate of adolescent depression is rising, and non suicidal self injury (NSSI) behavior is also increasingly prominent in this population, which constitutes a serious public health problem. NSSI behavior is closely related to negative emotions such as anxiety and depression, and it may increase the risk of suicide. Existing research relies heavily on retrospective reports, making it difficult to dynamically capture the temporal correlation between emotional fluctuations and NSSI behavior. Additionally, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) programs often lack targeted design for proximal triggers when intervening in NSSI behavior. Objective To dynamically verify anxiety as a proximal trigger factor for NSSI behavior using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), and to evaluate the effectiveness of improved cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) integrating EMA data in reducing anxiety and self injury desire. Methods A prospective cohort study design was adopted to select 132 adolescent patients who were treated at the Fifth People's Hospital of Jiujiang City from January 2024 to December 2024, met the diagnostic criteria for depression in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) (DSM-5), and had a history of NSSI behavior. Using a smartphone EMA program to monitor participants' natural situational emotions for 14 consecutive days (10:00-22:00 daily, randomly pushed every 2 hours). The assessment tools include the Self Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) Negative Affect Scale to evaluate the immediate intensity of emotions such as anxiety, anger, and self disgust, and to record NSSI behavioral events and pre - and post emotional states in real time. Using repeated measures analysis of variance to compare the dynamic changes in emotional scores before and after NSSI behavior. Implement a modified CBT intervention once a week for 12 weeks on 83 subjects who completed EMA. Before and after intervention, SAS was used to assess anxiety levels, and Ottawa Self Injury Survey (OSI) was used to assess self harm desire.Results EMA data shows that 1-2 hours before NSSI behavior occurs, SAS scores are higher than baseline [(56.19±11.06) points vs. (52.83±10.25) points, P<0.01].The SAS score is positively correlated with the NSSI behavior score (r=0.460,P<0.01, 95% CI:0.310-0.580). After receiving the modified CBT intervention, the SAS score [(52.30±8.10) vs. (48.70±7.30), P<0.01, Cohen's d=0.420] and OSI Self Injury Impulsive Scale score [(12.80 ±2.70) vs. (9.60±2.50), P<0.01, Cohen's d=0.510] were both lower than before the intervention.Conclusion Anxiety may be a proximal trigger for non suicidal self injury (NSSI) behavior in adolescents, and an improved CBT protocol that integrates real-time emotional data may help reduce anxiety levels and self injury desires in depressed adolescents. |