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Low self‐esteem, entrapment, and reason for living: A moderated mediation model of suicidal ideation
Author(s) -
Ren Yaxuan,
You Jianing,
Lin MinPei,
Xu Sian
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12532
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , moderated mediation , mediation , psychology , ideation , entrapment , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , social psychology , medical emergency , surgery , political science , law , cognitive science , statistics , mathematics
Adolescent suicidal ideation has become a top public health concern. It is thus significant to explore both risk and protective factors of adolescent suicidal ideation. The present study tested a moderated mediation model of suicidal ideation in a sample of Chinese adolescents. Chinese adolescents of 1074 (54.2% females, aged between 11 and 18 years) completed questionnaires assessing self‐esteem, entrapment, reason for living, and suicidal ideation. We found that entrapment mediated the association between low self‐esteem and suicidal ideation. The association between entrapment and suicidal ideation was moderated by reason for living. Findings of this study may expand our understanding of the development of suicidal ideation, and facilitate future research exploring the interplay of risk and protective factors of suicidality. Clinical implications of these findings were also discussed.