Child maltreatment exposure and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: the mediating roles of difficulty in emotion regulation and depressive symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although child maltreatment (CM) experiences are recognized risk factors for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine whether difficulty in emotion regulation (DER) and depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between child maltreatment experiences and NSSI severity, adjusting for demographic variables.

Methods

The participants were 224 adolescent inpatients recruited from a hospital in China (mean age 15.30 years, SD = 1.83; 78.6% females). Study measures included the Clinician-Rated Severity of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (CRSNSSI), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-SF), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). The hyp

SUBMITTER: Hu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883603 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature