Does psychache mediate the relationship between general distress and suicide ideation?
This study evaluated whether psychache (i.e., mental pain) mediates the association between general distress, assessed as the frequency and the intensity of psychological symptoms in the previous week, and suicide ideation in community adults. For a sample of 202 adults, psychache fully mediated the relationship between suicide ideation and the frequency of psychological symptoms, and partially mediated the relationship between suicide ideation and the intensity of psychological symptoms. As such, mental pain fully or partially explains the process linking the frequency and the intensity of general distress to suicide ideation and, thus, mental pain is a target for potential intervention.
a Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais e Centro de Investigação em Educação e Psicologia , University of Évora , Évora , Portugal.
Rui C
RC
Campos
b Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais , University of Évora , Évora , Portugal.
Margarida
M
Gomes
c Department of Psychology , Queen's University , Kingston , Ontario , Canada.
Ronald R
RR
Holden
b Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais , University of Évora , Évora , Portugal.
Margarida
M
Piteira
b Departamento de Psicologia, Escola de Ciências Sociais , University of Évora , Évora , Portugal.
Ana
A
Rainha
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention