title: Emotional dysregulation, internalizing symptoms, and self-injurious and suicidal behavior: Structural equation modeling analysis.
abstract: This study used structural equation modeling to examine the relationships between emotion dysregulation, internalizing symptoms, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and suicide. One hundred forty-eight undergraduates completed a brief structured interview and self-report measures of emotion dysregulation, internalizing symptoms, and NSSI and suicidal behaviors. Results indicated a significant indirect effect of emotion dysregulation on NSSI via internalizing symptoms and on suicide attempts via NSSI. Findings provide a more nuanced understanding of the indirect association between emotion dysregulation and NSSI and suicidal behaviors. Implications for the potential utility of targeting internalizing symptoms as well as emotion dysregulation in interventions addressing NSSI and suicidal behaviors are discussed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kranzler
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Kara B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Fehling
authors.affiliation: b Department of Psychology , University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg , Mississippi , USA.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Anestis
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology, Rutgers , The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Selby
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult