Common Pathways to NSSI and Suicide Ideation: The Roles of Rumination and Self-Compassion. Issue 2 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hasking, Penelope; Boyes, Mark E; Finlay-Jones, Amy; McEvoy, Peter M.; Rees, Clare S.
• Is Part Of: Archives of suicide research. Volume 23:Issue 2(2019)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 260
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: NSSI -- rumination -- self-compassion -- suicide ideation; Suicide -- Periodicals; 179.7
• DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1468836
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1381-1118

Abstract

Abstract : We investigated whether rumination and self-compassion moderate and/or mediate the relationships between negative affect and both non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide ideation. Undergraduate university students (n = 415) completed well-validated measures of negative affect, rumination, self-compassion, NSSI, and suicide ideation. Neither rumination nor self-compassion moderated associations between negative affect and NSSI and suicide ideation. However, both rumination and self-compassion mediated associations between negative affect and lifetime history of NSSI and suicide ideation. Self-compassion additionally mediated the association between negative affect and both 12-month NSSI and suicide ideation. The salience of self-compassion, particularly in predicting recent NSSI and suicide ideation, offers promise for early intervention initiatives focusing on less judgmental or self-critical means of self-relation.