@article{ref1,
title="Negative emotion dysregulation is linked to the intensity of suicidal ideation in a  mixed inpatient sample",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2020",
author="Rigucci, Silvia and Sarubbi, Salvatore and Erbuto, Denise and Rogante, Elena and Hantouche, Elie G. and Innamorati, Marco and Lester, David and Pompili, Maurizio",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicide has been associated with dysfunctional strategies for emotion  regulation but, so far, research findings have been inconclusive. <br><br>METHODS: To  investigate how difficulties in emotion regulation impact suicidal ideation (SI) and  behavior, 111 psychiatric inpatients were enrolled. Affective instability (AI),  emotional impulsivity (EI), and negative and positive emotionality (NE and PE) were  measured by the RIPoSt-40 questionnaire; the first three subscales have been summed  to form a total negative emotion dysregulation (NED) score. <br><br>RESULTS: In the sample,  55 subjects reported at least one-lifetime suicide attempt; 50 patients were  diagnosed with mood-disorder (MD), 30 with the schizophrenia-spectrum disorder  (SSD), and 15 with personality-disorder (PD). Diagnostic groups differed for NED  scores (p=.008) but not for PE (p>0.05), with patients suffering from PD having  higher scores (p=0.03). Compared to non-attempters, lifetime-suicide attempters were  6.5 times more likely to have a personality disorder (95% CI=1.34/31.83). Partial  correlation analyses, controlling for the presence of suicide attempts, showed that  lifetime SI-intensity score was significantly and positively associated with NED  (r=.39, p<.001), AI (r=.40, p<.001), and NE (r=.42, p<.001). NED scores (p=.001) and  the presence of lifetime suicide attempts (p<.001) were independently associated  with lifetime SI-intensity scores. LIMITATIONS: The lack of a non-clinical control  group and the cross sectional nature of the study limits the generalizability of the  results. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our findings support the hypothesis that negative emotion  dysregulation is independently associated with SI and behavior. Negative emotion  dysregulation should be targeted in suicide prevention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.108",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.11.108"
}