The Roles of Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy and Emotional Avoidance in Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors

Little research has examined the role of emotion regulation self-efficacy (ERSE; i.e., beliefs in one's own ability to regulate emotions) in self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs) or the factors that may underlie this relation. This study investigated whether low ERSE relates to SITBs both directly and indirectly through avoidance of negative emotions. Participants (N = 364) completed measures of ERSE, emotional avoidance, suicide attempt history, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and current severity of suicidal ideation through Amazon's Mechanical Turk. Low ERSE was significantly associated with history of suicide attempts, recent NSSI, and current severity of suicidal ideation both directly and indirectly through avoidance of negative emotions. Furthermore, low ERSE was significantly associated with a greater number of SITB types both directly and indirectly through emotional avoidance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research - 26(2022), 2 vom: 04. Apr., Seite 595-613

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Spitzen, Tara L [VerfasserIn]
Tull, Matthew T [VerfasserIn]
Gratz, Kim L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Emotion regulation
Emotional avoidance
Journal Article
Nonsuicidal self-injury
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Suicide attempts

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.08.2022

Date Revised 07.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13811118.2020.1818654

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31530961X