TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Neuroticism, rumination, depression and suicidal ideation: a moderated serial mediation model across four countries
JO  - International journal of clinical and health psychology
A1  - Vidal-Arenas, Verónica
A1  - Bravo, Adrian J.
A1  - Ortet-Walker, Jordi
A1  - Ortet, Generós
A1  - Mezquita, Laura
A1  - Ibáñez, Manuel Ignacio
A1  - Team, Cross-Cultural Addictions Study
SP  - e100325
EP  - e100325
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Research has highlighted the role of neuroticism, rumination, and depression in predicting suicidal thoughts, but studies on how these variables interplay are scarce. The aims of the present study were to test a model in which emotional stability (i.e., low neuroticism) would act as an antecedent and moderator of rumination and depressed mood in the prediction of suicidal ideation (i.e., moderated serial-mediation), and to explore their replicability across four countries and sex, among college students as an at-risk-group for suicide. <br><br>METHOD: Participants were 3482 undergraduates from U.S, Spain, Argentina, and the Netherlands. Path analysis and multi-group analysis were conducted. <br><br>RESULTS: Emotional stability was indirectly linked to suicidal ideation via rumination and depressed mood. Moreover, emotional stability moderated the associations between rumination and depressed mood, and between depressed mood and suicidal ideation. <br><br>FINDINGS were consistent in males and females, and across countries studied. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Regardless of sex and country, people with low emotional stability reported higher levels of rumination, which in turn was associated with more depressed mood, and these were associated with higher reports of suicidal thoughts. This cascade of psychological risk factors for suicidal ideation seems to be more harmful in people who endorse low levels of emotional stability.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1697-2600
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2022.100325
ID  - ref1
ER  -