Identifying intervention targets for adolescent non-suicidal self-injury via in silico interventions: The gender-specific roles of chronic stress and emotion regulation.
Yilin Ma, YiYang Wu, Yishu Wang, Weihao Huang, Wenxuan Zhao, You Wang, Xueling Yang
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Abstract
Identifying effective intervention targets for adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) remains challenging. We assessed NSSI, chronic stress, and emotion regulation in 2114 Chinese university students. By employing Ising network models and in silico interventions, we identified specific maintenance pathways. Results showed that dysfunctional cognitive reappraisal drove NSSI behaviors in females, whereas emotional suppression fueled NSSI functions in males. Crucially, chronic stress emerged as the most effective universal intervention target, producing the greatest NSSI reduction across genders. Future interventions should prioritize alleviating chronic stress while adopting gender-tailored strategies: enhancing cognitive reappraisal for females and emotional expression for males. These findings provide robust support for precision NSSI prevention and treatment programs.
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ournal of Health Psychology is an international peer-reviewed journal that aims to support and help shape research in health psychology from around the world. It provides a platform for traditional empirical analyses as well as more qualitative and/or critically oriented approaches. It also addresses the social contexts in which psychological and health processes are embedded. Studies published in this journal are required to obtain ethical approval from an Institutional Review Board. Such approval must include informed, signed consent by all research participants. Any manuscript not containing an explicit statement concerning ethical approval and informed consent will not be considered.
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