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Invalidating childhood environments and nonsuicidal self‐injury in university students: Depression and mental pain as potential mediators
Author(s) -
Holden Ronald R.,
Lambert Christine E.,
La Rochelle Melissa,
Billet Matthew I.,
Fekken G. Cynthia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.23052
Subject(s) - mediation , psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , association (psychology) , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential mediating effects of depression and psychache (i.e., extreme mental pain) on the relationship between parental invalidation and nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI) in young adults. Method A sample of 2474 university students responded to previously validated measures of current NSSI, childhood parental invalidation, depression, and psychache. Results Using a parallel mediation model, path analysis using structural equation modeling demonstrated full mediation by depression and psychache of the link between parental invalidation and NSSI. Conclusions Findings suggest that the association between invalidating childhood environments and NSSI has the potential to be mitigated by addressing issues of depression and psychache.