Citation

Forkmann T, Scherer A, Böcker M, Pawelzik M, Gauggel S, Glaesmer H. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2014; 44(5): 524-536.

Affiliation

Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/sltb.12076

PMID

24494723

Abstract

The differential relations between the emotion regulation strategies "cognitive reappraisal" and "expressive suppression" and suicidality in a mixed inpatient sample (N = 232, 69.4% female) of a German psychotherapeutic hospital were examined. Patients filled in the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and items on suicidal ideation and desire. A structural equation model fitted the data (RMSEA = .044; CFI = .96) and revealed that "expressive suppression" significantly predicted increased suicidal ideation. Moderation analysis showed that results were independent from a current depressive episode. Potential implications for psychotherapeutic treatment of suicidality are discussed.

Language: en