TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Invalidating childhood environments and nonsuicidal self-injury in university students: depression and mental pain as potential mediators JO - Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken) A1 - Holden, Ronald R. A1 - Lambert, Christine E. A1 - La Rochelle, Melissa A1 - Billet, Matthew I. A1 - Fekken, G. Cynthia SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential mediating effects of depression and psychache (i.e., extreme mental pain) on the relationship between parental invalidation and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in young adults. METHOD: A sample of 2474 university students responded to previously validated measures of current NSSI, childhood parental invalidation, depression, and psychache. RESULTS: Using a parallel mediation model, path analysis using structural equation modeling demonstrated full mediation by depression and psychache of the link between parental invalidation and NSSI. CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that the association between invalidating childhood environments and NSSI has the potential to be mitigated by addressing issues of depression and psychache.
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LA - en SN - 0021-9762 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23052 ID - ref1 ER -