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Depression Mediates the Relationship Between Distress Tolerance and Nonsuicidal Self‐Injury Among Adolescents: One‐Year Follow‐Up
Author(s) -
Lin MinPei,
You Jianing,
Wu Yung Wei,
Jiang Yongqiang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12382
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , distress , clinical psychology , psychology , structural equation modeling , cluster sampling , injury prevention , suicide prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , population , environmental health , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
Through a one‐year follow‐up design, this study examined whether distress tolerance would increase the risk for nonsuicidal self‐injury (NSSI), mediated through depression in a representative sample of adolescents. Participants ( N = 2,170) were recruited from senior high schools throughout Taiwan using both stratified and cluster sampling in time 1 (T1), and 1,832 students were followed‐up one year later (T2). Structure equation modeling results revealed that after controlling NSSI measured at T1, NSSI (T2) was significantly predicted by distress tolerance (T1) and fully mediated through depression (T2). The mediating role of depression in the relationship between distress tolerance and NSSI are discussed.