Abstract
Background
This study is based on the biosocial model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), to explore the effects of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' NSSI, the mediating effect of depression between cumulative ecological risk and adolescents' NSSI, and the moderating role of impulsiveness in this mediating pathway.
Methods
A total of 16 508 adolescents, with 7903 males (47.9%), participated in the study and completed the Cumulative Ecological Risk Questionnaire, the Short Form of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the Impulsiveness assessment, and the Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Scale.
Results
(1) There was a significant positive correlation between cumulative ecological risk, depression, impulsiveness, and NSSI; (2) cumulative ecological risk significantly predicted adolescents' NSSI; (3) depression had a mediating effect between cumulative ecological risk and adolescents' NSSI; and (4) impulsiveness moderated both the effects of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' depression and NSSI and the effects of depression on NSSI in adolescents.
Conclusions
Impulsiveness and depression are risk factors for adolescent NSSI and play a crucial role between cumulative ecological risk and NSSI in adolescents.
This study is based on the biosocial model of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), to explore the effects of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' NSSI, the mediating effect of depression between cumulative ecological risk and adolescents' NSSI, and the moderating role of impulsiveness in this mediating pathway.
Methods
A total of 16 508 adolescents, with 7903 males (47.9%), participated in the study and completed the Cumulative Ecological Risk Questionnaire, the Short Form of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the Impulsiveness assessment, and the Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Scale.
Results
(1) There was a significant positive correlation between cumulative ecological risk, depression, impulsiveness, and NSSI; (2) cumulative ecological risk significantly predicted adolescents' NSSI; (3) depression had a mediating effect between cumulative ecological risk and adolescents' NSSI; and (4) impulsiveness moderated both the effects of cumulative ecological risk on adolescents' depression and NSSI and the effects of depression on NSSI in adolescents.
Conclusions
Impulsiveness and depression are risk factors for adolescent NSSI and play a crucial role between cumulative ecological risk and NSSI in adolescents.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e13211 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Child: Care, Health and Development |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 16 Dec 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2024 |
Funding
This work was supported by Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province (CX20210425) and the general subject of pedagogy of the National Social Science Foundation: the early warning mechanism and intervention countermeasures of adolescent psychological crisis in the context of major emergencies (Grant number BBA200032). Funding information
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project of Hunan Province | CX20210425 |
| National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences | BBA200032 |
| National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences |