The relation of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression to suicidal ideation and suicidal desire

Résumé

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. ALLEMAGNE EUROPE GENRE HOMME FEMME IDÉATION DÉSIR-MORT COGNITION DÉPRESSION THÉRAPIE APPROCHE-COGNITIVE