Childhood emotional abuse and suicidal ideation intensity: The serial effects of rejection sensitivity, thwarted belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rejection sensitivity (hypersensitivity and reactivity to threats of rejection due to previous rejection experiences) could provide insight into the role of childhood emotional abuse and associated interpersonal risk factors in the development of suicide ideation (SI).

Objective

The current study examined SI among at-risk young adults using an integrated model of rejection sensitivity and suicide risk, as conceptualized by the interpersonal theory of suicide. We hypothesized that childhood emotional abuse would be indirectly prospectively associated with increases in SI intensity at 4-month follow-up (a cognitive-affective reaction to rejection) through greater rejection sensitivity and greater perceptions of rejection (thwarted belongingness [TB] and perceived bu

SUBMITTER: Brown SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12728984 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature