The mediating effect of impact of event and thought suppression between childhood abuse experience and suicide attitude among male prisoners
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20220314-00111
- VernacularTitle:事件影响和思维压抑在男性服刑人员儿童期虐待经历与自杀态度间的中介作用
- Author:
Zeyu LEI
1
;
Tonglin JIN
;
Yuntena WU
Author Information
1. 内蒙古师范大学心理学院，呼和浩特 010022
- Keywords:
Prisoners;
Childhood abuse experience;
Impact of event;
Thought suppression;
Suicide attitude
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2023;32(1):62-67
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship between childhood abuse experience and suicide attitude among male prisoners, and the mediating effect of impact of event and thought suppression.Methods:Totally 370 male prisoners were tested by personal report of childhood abuse(PRCA), impact of event scale(IES), white bear suppression inventory(WBSI) and suicide attitude inventory(SAI). SPSS 22.0 was used for correlation analysis, regression analysis and other statistical analysis.Results:The scores of PRCA, IES, WBSI and SAI were (2.60±0.62), (2.69±0.62), (2.83±0.79), (3.06±0.61), respectively.There were significant differences in the scores of PRCA, IES and WBSI among different suicide attitude groups( F=42.69, 51.06, 78.76, all P<0.01). After controlling age variables, positive correlation was observed between PRCA, IES, WBSI and SAI ( r=0.38-0.76, all P<0.01). Impact of event and thought suppression played a mediating role in the relationship between childhood abuse experience and suicide attitude among male prisoners.The mediating effect included three paths: one was the single mediating effect of impact of event, the other was the single mediating effect of thought suppression and the third was the chain mediating effect of impact of event and thought suppression, and the effect values were 0.29, 0.23 and 0.05, respectively. Conclusion:Childhood abuse experience not only directly influences male prisoners' suicide attitude, but also indirectly influences their suicide attitude through the mediating effects of impact of event and thought suppression.
