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Depressive symptoms and self-criticism: The mediating role of self-regulation and the moderating role of non-suicidal self-injury
| Resumo: | Abstract: Introduction: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among college students and is best understood as a self-soothing method for dealing with aversive emotional states. Aims: To analysethe pathway that sustains the association between NSSI, depressive symptomatology, emotion dysregulation and self-criticism in college students. Method: Three hundred eighty-five students (85.2% females) between 18 and 35 years old (M=20.71; SD=2.80) were evaluated. Results: In the non-NSSI and past-NSSI groups, higher depression increases self-criticism without impairing emotional regulation, a result that was not observed in the current-NSSI group. Therefore, emotion regulation mediated the relationship between depression and self-criticism, but only for the participantswith current NSSI. Discussion: NSSI constitute a public health problem during college years. Overall, depressive symptomatology, emotional dysregulation, and self-criticism seem to contribute to a risk profile for the presence and maintenance of NSSI, thus being important for prevention, identification, and clinical intervention on university campuses. |
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| Autores principais: | Gonçalves, Sónia |
| Outros Autores: | Moreira, Célia; Machado, Bárbara; Fernandes, Susana; Silva, Jessica |
| Assunto: | Non-suicidal self-injurious, College students, Depressive symptomatology, Emotion dysregulation, Self-criticism. Comportamentos autolesivos, Estudantes universitários, Sintomatologia depressiva, Desregulação emocional, Autocrítica. |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Universitário de Ciências Psicológicas Sociais e da Vida |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Análise Psicológica |
| Resumo: | Abstract: Introduction: Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is common among college students and is best understood as a self-soothing method for dealing with aversive emotional states. Aims: To analysethe pathway that sustains the association between NSSI, depressive symptomatology, emotion dysregulation and self-criticism in college students. Method: Three hundred eighty-five students (85.2% females) between 18 and 35 years old (M=20.71; SD=2.80) were evaluated. Results: In the non-NSSI and past-NSSI groups, higher depression increases self-criticism without impairing emotional regulation, a result that was not observed in the current-NSSI group. Therefore, emotion regulation mediated the relationship between depression and self-criticism, but only for the participantswith current NSSI. Discussion: NSSI constitute a public health problem during college years. Overall, depressive symptomatology, emotional dysregulation, and self-criticism seem to contribute to a risk profile for the presence and maintenance of NSSI, thus being important for prevention, identification, and clinical intervention on university campuses. |
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