Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 418-426.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.03.13

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Self-criticism and Adolescent Non-suicidal Self-injury: Moderated Mediation Effect

GU Honglei1,2, DING Zhongyu3, XIA Tiansheng4, WANG Lizhao5   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081;
    2. Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Changsha 410081;
    3. School of Journalism and Communication, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081;
    4. School of Art and Design, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090;
    5. Guangzhou Civil Aviation College, Guangzhou 510470
  • Published:2022-05-17

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Abstract: Based on Nock’s (2009) integrated model, the current study established a moderated mediation model to explore the underlying mechanism of self-criticism on adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) behavior. A total of 914 middle school students anonymously completed questionnaires assessing self-criticism, psychache, cognitive reappraisal, and NSSI. Among them, 331 teenagers reported a history of NSSI behavior, and were entered into analysis. Results showed that after controlling for gender and single-child status, self-criticism was positively associated with adolescent NSSI, and this association was mediated by psychache. Cognitive reappraisal moderated the mediation effect of psychache in the relationship between self-criticism and NSSI. Specifically, cognitive reappraisal buffered the impact of self-criticism on psychache, which further weakened the indirect effect of self-criticism on NSSI.

Key words: self-criticism, non-suicidal self-injury, psychache, cognitive reappraisal, adolescent

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  • B844
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