The relation of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression to suicidal ideation and suicidal desire.
The differential relations between the emotion regulation strategies "cognitive reappraisal" and "expressive suppression" and suicidality in a mixed inpatient sample (N = 232, 69.4% female) of a German psychotherapeutic hospital were examined. Patients filled in the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and items on suicidal ideation and desire. A structural equation model fitted the data (RMSEA = .044; CFI = .96) and revealed that "expressive suppression" significantly predicted increased suicidal ideation. Moderation analysis showed that results were independent from a current depressive episode. Potential implications for psychotherapeutic treatment of suicidality are discussed.
Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Thomas
T
Forkmann
Anne
A
Scherer
Maren
M
Böcker
Markus
M
Pawelzik
Siegfried
S
Gauggel
Heide
H
Glaesmer
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires