Sun Ji, Ban Yongfei
School of Educational Sciences, Anshun University, Anshun, China.
Front Psychol. 2022 Aug 18;13:946491. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.946491. eCollection 2022.
Suicide ideation is an essential predictor of suicide deaths and is highly prevalent among Chinese adolescents. Several studies have highlighted the significant association between parental psychological control and suicide ideation. However, few studies have focused on the potential mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study investigated the chained mediating effects of resilience and maladjustment problems on the relationship between parental psychological control and suicide ideation among Chinese adolescents. A total of 2,042 students in junior high school completed measurements. The results revealed significant correlations among parental psychological control, resilience, maladjustment problems and suicide ideation. Even after controlling for the effects of gender and grade, parental psychological control positively predicted a significant effect of suicide ideation. Furthermore, suicide ideation was linked with parental psychological control through three pathways: the mediating role of resilience, the mediating role of maladjustment problems, and the chained mediating roles of resilience and maladjustment problems. These findings have broad implications for the field of suicide studies. High levels of parental psychological control, low levels of resilience, and high levels of maladjustment problems may increase the occurrence of suicide ideation.
自杀意念是自杀死亡的重要预测指标，在中国青少年中极为普遍。多项研究强调了父母心理控制与自杀意念之间的显著关联。然而，很少有研究关注这种关系背后的潜在机制。本研究调查了心理韧性和适应不良问题在父母心理控制与中国青少年自杀意念关系中的链式中介作用。共有2042名初中生完成了测量。结果显示，父母心理控制、心理韧性、适应不良问题和自杀意念之间存在显著相关性。即使在控制了性别和年级的影响后，父母心理控制仍能正向预测自杀意念的显著影响。此外，自杀意念与父母心理控制通过三条途径相关联：心理韧性的中介作用、适应不良问题的中介作用以及心理韧性和适应不良问题的链式中介作用。这些发现对自杀研究领域具有广泛的意义。高水平的父母心理控制、低水平的心理韧性和高水平的适应不良问题可能会增加自杀意念的发生。
