Evan M Kleiman, Kate H Bentley, Adam C Jaroszewski, Joseph S Maimone, Rebecca G Fortgang, Kelly L Zuromski, Erin N Kilbury, Michelle B Stein, Stuart Beck, Jeff C Huffman, Matthew K Nock
{"title":"Acceptability and Feasibility of an Ecological Momentary Intervention for Managing Emotional Distress Among Psychiatric Inpatients at Risk for Suicide.","authors":"Evan M Kleiman, Kate H Bentley, Adam C Jaroszewski, Joseph S Maimone, Rebecca G Fortgang, Kelly L Zuromski, Erin N Kilbury, Michelle B Stein, Stuart Beck, Jeff C Huffman, Matthew K Nock","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2391293","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2391293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The weeks following an inpatient psychiatric hospitalization are known to be the highest-risk time for suicide. Interventions are needed that are well-matched to the dynamic nature of suicidal thoughts and easily implementable during this high-risk time. We sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel registered clinical trial that combined three brief in-person sessions to teach core cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) skills during hospitalization followed by smartphone-based ecological momentary intervention (EMI) to facilitate real-time practice of the emotion management skills during the 28 days after hospital discharge. Results from this pilot study (<i>N</i> = 26) supported some aspects of feasibility and acceptability. Regarding feasibility, 14.7% of all screened inpatients met study eligibility criteria. Half (50.3%) of those who were ineligible were ineligible because they were not part of the population for whom this treatment was designed (e.g., symptoms such as psychosis rendered them ineligible for the current study). Those who were otherwise eligible based on symptoms were primarily ineligible due to inpatient stays that were too short. Nearly half (48%) of study participants did not receive all three in-person sessions during their hospitalization. Among enrolled participants, rates of engagement with the smartphone-based assessment and EMI prompts were 51.47%. Regarding acceptability, quantitative and qualitative data supported the perceived acceptability of the intervention, and provided recommendations for future iterations. Well-powered effectiveness (and effectiveness-implementation) studies are needed to determine the effects of this promising and highly scalable intervention approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11861377/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142054776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gamal Wafy, Lin Ajayi, Sara Siddiqi, Taylor Saravanamuttoo, Risa Shorr, Marco Solmi, Ian Colman, Jess G Fiedorowicz
{"title":"The Progression of Lethality Across Multiple Suicide Attempts: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Gamal Wafy, Lin Ajayi, Sara Siddiqi, Taylor Saravanamuttoo, Risa Shorr, Marco Solmi, Ian Colman, Jess G Fiedorowicz","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2394671","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2394671","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Suicide is a major global public health concern. While some progress has been made in understanding risk factors for suicidal behavior, other relevant questions have received less attention. One such question relates to the longitudinal course of suicidal behavior amongst individuals with multiple suicide attempts. This systematic review investigated whether there is an increase in the lethality across multiple suicide attempts.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This systematic review followed PRISMA 2020 reporting guidelines. A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase and PsycINFO electronic databases from inception to August 2023 to identify studies with key terms related to multiple suicide attempts and lethality. The review included longitudinal studies with data on multiple suicide attempts, and any rating of their lethality. Covidence was used to guide the screening and extraction process. A narrative synthesis approach was used to descriptively summarize included studies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After identifying 828 unique abstracts for screening, 11 studies were included for narrative synthesis. Suicide attempt assessment methods and definitions were heterogenous, often indirectly inferring lethality based on suicide attempt method. Individuals with repeat attempts may be more likely to continue using the same method.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There was no evidence to support increasing lethality across repeat suicide attempts. However, this should be interpreted along with the fact that the evidence base is scarce, heterogenous, and methodologically limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11861381/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142054785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Transtheoretical Model of Change and Recovery from a Suicidal Episode.","authors":"Yosef Sokol, Yaakov Wahl, Sofie Glatt, Chynna Levin, Patricia Tran, Marianne Goodman","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2394674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2394674","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) is an established model outlining five stages of change within a psychotherapeutic context: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Research shows that these models benefit patients and clinicians by enhancing their understanding of complex processes and identifying optimal therapeutic support for individuals at specific times. This study aimed to apply the TTM to personal recovery following a suicidal episode.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A meta-synthesis was conducted on qualitative studies that outlined distinct phases or stages of recovery from a suicidal episode. The identified recovery stages were mapped onto corresponding TTM stages.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Recovery processes followed a pattern aligning with TTM stages, but the action, maintenance, and termination stages were not clearly distinguished in the context of personal recovery. A three-stage model was proposed instead: (1) precontemplation, where recovery is not seen as possible or meaningful; (2) contemplation, during which there is growing awareness and consideration of the possibility of recovery and change; and (3) active growth, which is characterized by ongoing progress and engagement in at least one personal recovery process.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The proposed three-stage model condenses the later TTM stages and may better reflect personal recovery from a suicidal episode. Applying the model in clinical settings could help with case conceptualization and inform recovery approaches to an individual's current stage. Future research should evaluate the benefits of incorporating stages of change into suicide-focused recovery interventions to develop more effective interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kirsten Pauwels, Eva De Jaegere, Patrick Vanderreydt, Silke Aerts, Eva Vande Gaer, Gwendolyn Portzky
{"title":"Assessing a Suicide Prevention Helpline's Impact on Caller Crisis Level and Suicidality.","authors":"Kirsten Pauwels, Eva De Jaegere, Patrick Vanderreydt, Silke Aerts, Eva Vande Gaer, Gwendolyn Portzky","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2394666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2394666","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Worldwide helplines are considered an important part of suicide prevention strategies. Nevertheless, evidence regarding the impact of suicide prevention helplines on the suicidality of its users remains limited and is frequently confronted with methodological issues. This study aimed to assess the impact of crisis calls on callers' levels of crisis and suicidality both immediately after the call and at follow-up compared to before the call. After the call, the satisfaction of the callers with the intervention was also assessed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pre-post study, generated automatically by a telephone system, was conducted in order to compare the level of crisis and suicidality (operationalized by five indicators: hopelessness, entrapment, controllability, suicidal intent, and social support) experienced by callers before and immediately after the call and at follow-up (one to two weeks after the call).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Callers (n = 487) showed significant improvement in their level of crisis (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = -0.31), hopelessness (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = -0.22), entrapment (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = -0.25), suicide intent (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = -0.37), and social support (<i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = 0.33) after the call compared to before the call. Improvements were also found at follow-up compared to pretest. The satisfaction of callers with the helpline was high.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study adds to the growing evidence on suicide prevention helplines and addresses some important methodological issues in helpline research. Furthermore, it shows promising results regarding the potential supportive impact of helplines on callers who feel suicidal.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142035095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trauma Exposure Moderates the Link Between Cognitive Flexibility and Suicide Risk in Pre-Adolescent Children.","authors":"Shou En Chen, Christina F Chick, Ruth O'Hara","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2372616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Trauma exposure (TE) and cognitive flexibility (CF) are risk factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs). However, it is unknown whether these risk factors contribute to mechanisms associated with distinct categories of SITBs. The current study examined the potential moderating role of TE in the relationships between CF and multiple SITBs, including active suicidal ideation (SI), passive SI, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and history of suicide attempt (SA), among pre-adolescent children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 11,326 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study were included in the present study. SITBs and TE were measured by the Kiddy Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia (KSADS). CF was measured using the NIH Cognitive Toolbox.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cumulative TE moderated the relationship of CF to active SI. Higher CF was associated with lower odds of current SI in children with a single lifetime TE, but not in children without trauma or with two or more TE. As a main effect, two or more TE predicted higher odds of active SI, passive SI, and lifetime SA, but not NSSI. Higher CF was associated with lower odds of passive SI, with effects not moderated by trauma exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current results clarify previously inconsistent findings about the relationship of CF to SI by identifying cumulative TE as a moderator. CF served as a protective factor against SI, but only in children with a single lifetime trauma. Implications for screening and treatment targets of children at risk for distinct categories of SITBs are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M T Lynskey, H Thurgur, A Athanasiou-Fragkouli, A K Schlag, D J Nutt
{"title":"Suicidal Ideation in Medicinal Cannabis Patients: A 12-Month Prospective Study.","authors":"M T Lynskey, H Thurgur, A Athanasiou-Fragkouli, A K Schlag, D J Nutt","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2356615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2356615","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To document the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation (SI) among individuals seeking cannabis-based medicinal products (CBMPs); to test whether SI declines or intensifies after three months of CBMP treatment and to document 12-month trajectories of depression in those reporting SI and other patients.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Observational data were available for 3781 patients at entry to treatment, 2112 at three months and 777 for 12 months. Self-reported depressed mood and SI were assessed using items from the PHQ-9. Additional data included sociodemographic characteristics and self-reported well-being.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>25% of the sample reported SI at treatment entry and those with SI had higher levels of depressed mood (mean = 17.4 vs. 11.3; <i>F</i><sub>(1,3533)</sub> = 716.5, <i>p</i> < .001) and disturbed sleep (mean = 13.8 vs. 12.2, <i>F</i><sub>(1,3533)</sub> = 125.9, <i>p</i> < .001), poorer general health (mean = 43.6 vs. 52.2, <i>F</i><sub>(1,3533)</sub> = 118.3, <i>p</i> < .001) and lower quality of life (mean = 0.44 vs. 0.56 (<i>F</i><sub>(1,3533)</sub> = 118.3, <i>p</i> < .001). The prevalence of SI reduced from 23.6% to 17.6% (<i>z</i> = 6.5, <i>p</i> < .001) at 3 months. Twelve-month follow-up indicated a substantial reduction in depressed mood with this reduction being more pronounced in those reporting SI (mean <sub>(baseline)</sub> = 17.7 vs. mean (12 months) = 10.3) than in other patients (mean <sub>(baseline)</sub> = 11.1 vs. mean <sub>(12 months)</sub> = 7.0).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SI is common among individuals seeking CBMPs to treat a range of chronic conditions and is associated with higher levels of depressed mood and poorer quality of life. Treatment with CBMPs reduced the prevalence and intensity of suicidal ideation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141750940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Finn Dario Kolochowski, Nina Kreckeler, Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann
{"title":"Reliability of Suicide Risk Estimates: A Vignette Study.","authors":"Finn Dario Kolochowski, Nina Kreckeler, Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2382709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2382709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Suicide risk assessments are obligatory when patients express a death wish in clinical practice. Yet, suicide risk estimates based on unguided risk assessments have been shown to be of low reliability. Since generalizability of previous studies is limited, the current study aimed to assess inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of risk estimates conducted by psychotherapists and psychology students using written case vignettes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In total, <i>N</i> = 256 participants (psychology students, psychotherapists) were presented with 24 case vignettes describing patients at either low, moderate, severe or extreme risk of suicide. Participants were asked to assign a level of risk to each single vignette at a baseline assessment and again at a follow-up assessment two weeks later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Risk estimates showed a low inter-rater reliability, both for students (AC<sub>1</sub> = .35) and for psychotherapists (AC<sub>1</sub> = .44). Intra-rater reliability was moderate for psychotherapists (AC<sub>1</sub> = .59) and rather low for psychology students (AC<sub>1</sub> = .47). In general, intra- and intra-rater reliability were highest for vignettes displaying \"low\" and \"extreme\" risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight that the reliability of unguided suicide risk assessments is questionable. Standardized risk assessment protocols are therefore recommended. Nonetheless, even reliable risk estimation does not imply predictive validity of risk estimates for future suicidal behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141750939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suicides, Other External Causes of Death, and Psychiatric Status in Suicide Attempters: A National Registry-Based Analysis in Israel, 2006-2020.","authors":"Gad Lubin, Ziona Haklai, Nehama Goldberger","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2024.2372609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess risk factors and rates of suicide and other external cause deaths, among suicide attempters compared to the total population, stratified by psychiatric hospitalization discharge and mental diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A national registry-based analysis of suicide and external cause mortality was performed among suicide attempters between 2006 and 2020 in Israel in the National Hospital ED database. Data was stratified by psychiatric hospitalization status by linking to the national psychiatric case registry. Age adjusted mortality rates were calculated.A multivariate cox regression model assessed the relative risk of demographic factors and psychiatric diagnosis and hospitalization on outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 57,579 first suicide attempters, of whom 16,874 had a psychiatric hospitalization, there were 853 suicides (1.5%) and 473 deaths from other external causes (0.8%), 485 suicides (2.9%) and 199 external cause deaths (1.2%) in the psychiatric group. Suicide risk was highest in the year after the attempt, but continued throughout the study, particularly in the psychiatric hospitalized group. Suicide rates within one year of first suicide attempt were 137 (95% CI 122-152) times higher than the total population, 190 (155-233) times in females and 128 (112-145) times in males, 178 (153-207), 243 (181-325) and 158 (132-190) times higher, respectively, in those with a psychiatric hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a greatly increased risk for suicide and significant increase for other external causes of death amongst a cohort of suicide attempters, compared to the total population, particularly those with a history of psychiatric hospitalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin E Canter, Joshua Hart, Matthew G Clayton, Mitchell J Prinstein, Rachel Mann-Rosan, Sheldon Solomon
{"title":"Does Psychological Flourishing Have the Potential to Mitigate Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors? A Preliminary Analysis of the Protective Influence of Flourishing.","authors":"Benjamin E Canter, Joshua Hart, Matthew G Clayton, Mitchell J Prinstein, Rachel Mann-Rosan, Sheldon Solomon","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2023.2265418","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2023.2265418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The purpose of this article was to examine whether psychological flourishing, a multi-dimensional construct of well-being, has the potential to play a preventative role in suicidal and nonsuicidal thoughts and actions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This two-part study utilized cross-sectional survey data from college students across the United States, assessing levels of psychological distress, loneliness, and psychological flourishing. Frequencies of suicidal ideation, intent, previous suicidal attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) were also assessed. Data collected in 2019 were used for Study 1 (<i>n</i> = 38,679) and data collected in 2020 were used for Study 2 (<i>n</i> = 50,307).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychological flourishing is significantly inversely related to suicide and NSSI risk when controlling for loneliness and psychological distress. There were two-way interactions between flourishing and distress, whereby under conditions of high distress, the inverse effect of flourishing on suicidal ideation, intent, and attempts and NSSI was more pronounced. These results were consistent across both studies. Subgroup analyses revealed similar results regardless of participants' race, sexual orientation, and gender identity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Inverse associations between flourishing and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors suggest that flourishing may buffer risk of suicide and NSSI, and these findings may have important implications for developing evidence-based therapeutic interventions. Additional research, including longitudinal and clinical work, is warranted.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"964-978"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41189512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Investigation of the Mediating Roles of Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Distress Tolerance, Self-Compassion, and Self-Disgust in the Association Between Childhood Trauma and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury.","authors":"Yasemin Erol, Mujgan Inozu","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2023.2237083","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2023.2237083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Childhood maltreatment has been associated as a risk factor with the development of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), with difficulty in emotion regulation explaining the association. However, little is known about the potential factors that make some individuals with maltreatment history more vulnerable to difficulties in emotion regulation and, in turn, engage in NSSI. The current study aimed to examine the roles of distress tolerance, self-compassion, and self-disgust in the association between childhood maltreatment types and emotion regulation difficulty, which was expected to predict NSSI.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample included 397 university students between the ages of 18 and 30. Participants completed self-report scales assessing childhood maltreatment, emotion regulation difficulty, distress tolerance, self-compassion, self-disgust, and NSSI using the paper-pencil and online methods. The mediation model suggested for the association between childhood maltreatment types and NSSI was tested using path analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Low distress tolerance, low self-compassion, high self-disgust, and resulting high emotion regulation difficulty mediated the indirect effect of emotional neglect on NSSI.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current study sheds light on various factors in the development and maintenance of NSSI and reveals three developmental pathways from emotional neglect in childhood to engaging in NSSI.HIGHLIGHTSEmotional neglect may be a distal risk factor for nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI).Low distress tolerance and self-compassion and high self-disgust may increase the risk of NSSI.Emotion regulation difficulty may make people engage in NSSI to regulate emotions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"815-829"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9892689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}