The Mediating Role of Self-conscious Emotions, Disconnection and Rejection in the Relationship between Maternal Separation and Suicidal Ideation
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Sciences,
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020),
10 June 2020
,
Page 30-45
https://doi.org/10.22037/ijabs.v7i2.28799
Abstract
Introduction: Suicide is one of the major health problems and challenges in the world, which has
various social, psychological, economic, and cultural dimensions. This study aims to determine the
mediating role of self-conscious emotions and the domain of disconnection and rejection schemas
in the relationship between maternal psychological separation and suicidal ideation.
Method: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 573 students
from Tehran who were selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. In this study, the Young
Schema Questionnaire (YSQ), Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA-3), Psychological Separation
Inventory (PSI), and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) were used. Data were analyzed
using structural equation modeling with SPSS 21 and AMOS 24 software.
Results: The results showed a significant and indirect effect of maternal separation variable on
suicidal ideation (β = 0. 145, p<0.05), a significant and indirect effect of disconnection schema on
suicidal ideation (β = 0.040, p<0.05), and the indirect and significant effect of maternal separation
variable on the self-conscious emotions variable (β = 0.104, p<0.05). The results also revealed that
the path coefficient of separation from the mother to suicidal ideation (0.01) and self-conscious
emotions (-0.01) were not significant.
Conclusion: The results of the fitted model data analysis showed that psychological separation
from the mother, mediated by the domain of disconnection and rejection schemas, predicts suicidal
ideation. Clinical interventions are recommended to be conducted for identifying and targeting
schemas, particularly the domain of disconnection and rejection ones, in order to prevent suicidal
ideation and thoughts or repair and control them.
- Emotions, Disconnection, Mother, Rejection, Schema, Self-conscious, Separation, Suicidal ideation
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