Arch Suicide Res. 2022 Jul-Sep;26(3):1462-1477. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2021.1922109. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
Adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has become an alarming public health concern. Parental psychological control has been identified as a risk factor for NSSI in some western samples. However, the relationship between parental psychological control and NSSI remains unclear among Chinese adolescents. Furthermore, little is known about how parental psychological control affects NSSI. This study aims to examine a moderated serial mediation model of NSSI, revealing the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying the relationship between parental psychological control and NSSI.
A total of 953 Chinese secondary school students (47.7% females, mean age = 12.53 years, = 0.63) completed questionnaires of NSSI, parental psychological control, parent-related loneliness, depressive symptoms, and regulatory emotional self-efficacy.
Parental psychological control was positively associated with NSSI. This association was mediated by parent-related loneliness and depressive symptoms independently. Also, it was serially mediated by parent-related loneliness and depressive symptoms. In addition, regulatory emotional self-efficacy moderated the indirect relationships between parental psychological control and NSSI.
Findings of this study shed light on how NSSI is affected by parental psychological control, parent-related loneliness, depressive symptoms, and regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and provide insights into the prevention and intervention measures targeting adolescent NSSI.HIGHLIGHTSParental psychological control was positively associated with NSSI.Parent-related loneliness and depressive symptoms independently and serially mediated the association between parental psychological control and NSSI.Regulatory emotional self-efficacy moderated the indirect relationships between parental psychological control and NSSI.
青少年非自杀性自伤(NSSI)已成为一个令人担忧的公共卫生问题。已确定父母心理控制是某些西方样本中 NSSI 的一个风险因素。然而,父母心理控制与 NSSI 之间的关系在中国青少年中仍不清楚。此外,人们对父母心理控制如何影响 NSSI 知之甚少。本研究旨在检验 NSSI 的一个调节序列中介模型,揭示父母心理控制与 NSSI 之间关系的中介和调节机制。
共有 953 名中国中学生(47.7%为女性,平均年龄=12.53 岁,SD=0.63)完成了 NSSI、父母心理控制、与父母相关的孤独感、抑郁症状和情绪调节自我效能感问卷。
父母心理控制与 NSSI 呈正相关。这种关联通过与父母相关的孤独感和抑郁症状独立地进行中介。此外,它还通过与父母相关的孤独感和抑郁症状进行序列中介。此外,情绪调节自我效能感调节了父母心理控制与 NSSI 之间的间接关系。
本研究结果阐明了 NSSI 如何受到父母心理控制、与父母相关的孤独感、抑郁症状和情绪调节自我效能感的影响,并为针对青少年 NSSI 的预防和干预措施提供了思路。