Distress Intolerance Mediates the Relationship between Child Maltreatment and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Chinese Adolescents: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study |
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| Authors: | Nan Kang Yongqiang Jiang Yaxuan Ren Tieying Gong Xiaoliu Liu Freedom Leung Jianing You |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Center for Studies of Psychological Application, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science and School of Psychology,South China Normal University,Guangzhou,People’s Republic of China;2.School of Psychology,Beijing Normal University,Beijing,People’s Republic of China;3.Department of Psychology,Chinese University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong,People’s Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a serious public health concern among adolescents. Identifying risk factors of NSSI is important to effectively prevent or reduce such behavior. Child maltreatment is one of the most widely recognized risk factors for NSSI. How child maltreatment and NSSI is related, however, is still unclear. The present study tested the temporal relationship between physical and emotional abuse and NSSI, with distress intolerance as the potential mediator. Potential gender differences on these associations were also tested. We assessed all study variables among 2259 Chinese adolescents (53.8% females; Mage?=?15.11 years, SD?=?1.57) for three times at 6-month intervals. The results showed that distress intolerance only mediated the relationship between emotional abuse and NSSI, but not between physical abuse and NSSI. In addition, this mediation effect of distress intolerance was significant only for females. The findings of this study can help researchers and practitioners understand pathways by which child maltreatment impacts adolescent NSSI. Implications for preventions and interventions of NSSI were discussed. |
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