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Psychophysiological Assessment of the Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Strategies in Childhood
Published on: February 11, 2017
Intolerance of Uncertainty Predicts Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents Through Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion
Jinglei Wu1,2,3,4,5, Chuhan Wang1,2,3,4,5, Yue Zheng1,2,3,4,5,6
1Center for Studies of Psychological Application, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Introduction:
As an important transdiagnostic factor, intolerance of uncertainty (IU) can predict suicidal ideation (SI). But little is known about the underlying mechanisms. The present study examined the chain mediating roles of three maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation (CER) strategies and psychache in the relation between IU and SI, as well as gender differences.
Methods:
A number of 1532 Chinese adolescents (43.1% males; baseline mean age = 15.00 years, SD = 1.57) completed self-report questionnaires on IU, self-blame, rumination, catastrophizing, psychache and SI for two waves, 6 months apart.
Results:
The results indicated that IU predicted SI through psychache and the serial mediation of the three maladaptive CER strategies and psychache, but IU did not predict SI through the three maladaptive CER strategies. The relation between IU and catastrophizing, the relation between catastrophizing and psychache, and the relation between psychache and SI were stronger among females than males.
Conclusion:
The results advance our understanding of how IU predicts SI, highlighting the importance of psychache in the development of SI.
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