TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Mindfulness and suicide risk in undergraduates: exploring the mediating effect of alexithymia
JO  - Frontiers in psychology
A1  - Fang, Yuan
A1  - Zeng, Baoer
A1  - Chen, Peiyi
A1  - Mai, Yiling
A1  - Teng, Shan
A1  - Zhang, Minting
A1  - Zhao, Jingbo
A1  - Yang, Xueling
A1  - Zhao, Jiubo
SP  - e2106
EP  - e2106
VL  - 10
IS  - 
N2  - The present study was designed to examine the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and suicide risk in undergraduates, and it further explored the potential mediating role of alexithymia in this relationship. A total of 2,633 undergraduates completed the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire - Revised (SBQ-R), and the 20-item Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). The results indicate that mindfulness and suicide risk were negatively correlated, and alexithymia partially mediated the relationship between mindfulness and suicide risk only in the female undergraduates. Moreover, only the difficulty in identifying feelings (DIF) factor of alexithymia mediated the relationship between mindfulness and suicide risk in the female undergraduates. These findings contribute to the potential mechanism that explains the relationship between mindfulness and suicide risk. Furthermore, it is possible to implement mindfulness in the suicide intervention of alexithymic individuals.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Fang, Zeng, Chen, Mai, Teng, Zhang, Zhao, Yang and Zhao.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-1078
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02106
ID  - ref1
ER  -