Wang Wan, Wang Xi, Duan Guiqin
Department of Child Development and Behavior, Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Aug 1;14:1232884. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1232884. eCollection 2023.
Prior studies have proved the relationships between childhood emotional abuse (CEA) histories and suicidal thoughts or behaviors in adulthood, however, how emotion regulation strategies work as the mediating mechanism is necessary to be investigated. This study aimed to further verify the impacts of rumination, experiential avoidance (EA) and depression on the associations between CEA and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal ideation (SI) on a sample of Chinese college students.
The Childhood Emotional Abuse Questionnaire, the Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Questionnaire, the Symptom Checklist, the Ruminative Response Scale, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale were completed by 1,317 college students.
The rates of NSSI and SI of students with CEA experiences were 31.70 and 7.90% respectively, both higher than those without such experiences. The mediating roles of rumination, EA and depression between CEA and NSSI and SI were significant ( < 0.01).
The current study shed light on the linking roles of rumination, EA and depression in the relations between CEA and NSSI and SI. It is suggested that developing adaptive emotion-regulating strategies may be helpful to the intervention of suicidal thoughts or behaviors among individuals with CEA experiences.
先前的研究已证实童年期情感虐待（CEA）史与成年期自杀念头或行为之间的关系，然而，情绪调节策略作为中介机制如何发挥作用仍有待研究。本研究旨在以中国大学生为样本，进一步验证沉思、经验性回避（EA）和抑郁在CEA与非自杀性自伤（NSSI）及自杀意念（SI）之间关联中的影响。
1317名大学生完成了童年期情感虐待问卷、非自杀性自伤问卷、症状清单、沉思反应量表、接受与行动问卷-II以及zung自评抑郁量表。
有CEA经历的学生中NSSI和SI的发生率分别为31.70%和7.90%，均高于无此类经历的学生。沉思、EA和抑郁在CEA与NSSI及SI之间的中介作用显著（<0.01）。
本研究揭示了沉思、EA和抑郁在CEA与NSSI及SI关系中的连接作用。建议培养适应性情绪调节策略可能有助于对有CEA经历个体的自杀念头或行为进行干预。
