Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events
Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with increased non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior (SB), independently of demographic and mental health conditions. Self-Trauma Theory and Linehan’s Biopsychosocial Model might explain the emergence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)...
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oai:doaj.org-article:894e89a5197b4bccad92c67d608c83302021-11-25T18:01:30ZRisk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events10.3390/jcm102252932077-0383https://doaj.org/article/894e89a5197b4bccad92c67d608c83302021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/22/5293https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with increased non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior (SB), independently of demographic and mental health conditions. Self-Trauma Theory and Linehan’s Biopsychosocial Model might explain the emergence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) symptoms as mediators of the association between CM and the risk of SB. However, little is known regarding such relationships when the exposure is recent for young persons. Here, we study 187 youths aged 7–17, with or without mental disorders. We explore CM experiences (considering the severity and frequency of different forms of neglect and abuse), recent stressful life events (SLEs), some BPD traits (emotion dysregulation, intense anger and impulsivity), and the risk of SB (including NSSI, suicide threat, suicide ideation, suicide plan and suicide attempt). We study the direct and mediating relationships between these variables via a structural equation analysis using the statistical software package EQS. Our findings suggest that youths exposed to more severe/frequent CM have more prominent BPD traits, and are more likely to have experienced recent SLEs. In turn, BPD traits increase the risk of SLEs. However, only emotion dysregulation and recent SLEs were found to be correlated with SB. Therefore, targeted interventions on emotion dysregulation are necessary to prevent NSSI or SB in children and adolescents exposed to CM, as is the minimization of further SLEs.Laia Marques-FeixaJorge Moya-HiguerasSoledad RomeroPilar Santamarina-PérezMarta Rapado-CastroIñaki ZorrillaMaría MartínEulalia AngladaMaría José LobatoMaite RamírezNerea MorenoMaría MayoralMaría Marín-VilaBárbara AriasLourdes FañanásEPI-Young Stress GROUPMDPI AGarticlechildhood maltreatmentstressful life event (SLE)borderline personality disorder traitsemotion dysregulationnon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)suicidal behavior (SB)MedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5293, p 5293 (2021) |
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Childhood maltreatment (CM) is associated with increased non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicidal behavior (SB), independently of demographic and mental health conditions. Self-Trauma Theory and Linehan’s Biopsychosocial Model might explain the emergence of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) symptoms as mediators of the association between CM and the risk of SB. However, little is known regarding such relationships when the exposure is recent for young persons. Here, we study 187 youths aged 7–17, with or without mental disorders. We explore CM experiences (considering the severity and frequency of different forms of neglect and abuse), recent stressful life events (SLEs), some BPD traits (emotion dysregulation, intense anger and impulsivity), and the risk of SB (including NSSI, suicide threat, suicide ideation, suicide plan and suicide attempt). We study the direct and mediating relationships between these variables via a structural equation analysis using the statistical software package EQS. Our findings suggest that youths exposed to more severe/frequent CM have more prominent BPD traits, and are more likely to have experienced recent SLEs. In turn, BPD traits increase the risk of SLEs. However, only emotion dysregulation and recent SLEs were found to be correlated with SB. Therefore, targeted interventions on emotion dysregulation are necessary to prevent NSSI or SB in children and adolescents exposed to CM, as is the minimization of further SLEs. |
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Laia Marques-Feixa Jorge Moya-Higueras Soledad Romero Pilar Santamarina-Pérez Marta Rapado-Castro Iñaki Zorrilla María Martín Eulalia Anglada María José Lobato Maite Ramírez Nerea Moreno María Mayoral María Marín-Vila Bárbara Arias Lourdes Fañanás EPI-Young Stress GROUP |
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Laia Marques-Feixa Jorge Moya-Higueras Soledad Romero Pilar Santamarina-Pérez Marta Rapado-Castro Iñaki Zorrilla María Martín Eulalia Anglada María José Lobato Maite Ramírez Nerea Moreno María Mayoral María Marín-Vila Bárbara Arias Lourdes Fañanás EPI-Young Stress GROUP |
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Laia Marques-Feixa |
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Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events |
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Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events |
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Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events |
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Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events |
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Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents Exposed to Maltreatment: The Mediating Role of Borderline Personality Traits and Recent Stressful Life Events |
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risk of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents exposed to maltreatment: the mediating role of borderline personality traits and recent stressful life events |
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