Publication: The mediating role of hopelessness and emotional dysregulation on the relationship between invalidating environments in childhood and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents
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2026
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Layron-Folgado, Jose Enrique ; Sempere, Maria Jose ; Marco, Jose H. ; Gallego Hernández de Tejada, Blanca ; Perez-Rodríguez, Sandra
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Universidad de Murcia: Servicio de Publicaciones
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Las autolesiones no suicidas (ANS) abarcan cualquier daño au-toinfligido en la superficie del cuerpo sin intención suicida. Los principales factores de riesgo incluyen los entornos invalidantes durante la infancia, la desesperanza y la desregulación emocional, que son las variables principales estudiadas en este trabajo. El objetivo de este artículo es analizar si existe una interacción entre estas variables y cómo se relacionan con la aparición de las ANS en adolescentes. La muestra estuvo compuesta por un total de 1733 estudiantes de entre 12 y 19 años (media de edad 15.76, DT= 1.77; n = 809, 46.7% hombres, n= 924, 53.3%, mujeres). Se calcularon estadísti-cos descriptivos para la muestra y las correlaciones entre las diferentes va-riables evaluadas. Se analizaron dos modelos de mediación, el primero con los ambientes invalidantes como variable indirecta y las ANS como variable directa en ambos casos. La desesperanza fue la variable mediadora en un modelo y la desregulación emocional en el otro. Los resultados mostraron que el 24.6% de los adolescentes se habían autolesionado al menos una vez en su vida y el 12.7% había recurrido a métodos más graves. Todas las va-riables analizadas correlacionaron de manera positiva y significativa con las ANS, excepto la subescala de atención/desatención de la desregulación emocional. En ambos modelos de mediación tanto la desesperanza como la desregulación emocional tuvieron un efecto indirecto en la relación entre los ambientes invalidantes por parte del padre y de la madre y la presencia de ANS en la adolescencia. En conclusión, la desesperanza y la desregulación emocional aumentan el riesgo de involucrarse en conductas autolesivas durante la adolescencia cuando se han experimentado situaciones familiares invalidantes durante la infancia.
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) encompasses any self-inflicted harm to the body surface without suicidal intent. The main risk factors include invalidating environments during childhood, hopelessness, and emotional dysregulation, which are the primary variables studied in this work. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether there is an interaction between these variables and how they relate to the onset of NSSI in adolescents. A total of 1733 students aged 12 to 19 composed the sample (mean age of 15.76, SD = 1.77; n = 809, 46.7% male and n = 924, 53.3%, female). Descriptive statistics were calculated for the sample, along with the correlations between the different measured variables. Two mediation models were analyzed, with invalidating environments as the indirect variable and NSSI as the direct variable in both cases. Hopelessness was the mediating variable in one model and emotional dysregulation in the other. Results show that 24.6% of adolescents have self-injured at least once in their lifetime, and 12.7% have resorted to more severe methods. All analyzed variables positively and significantly correlate with NSSI, except for the attention/disattention subscale of emotional dysregulation. In both mediation models, both hopelessness and emotional dysregulation have an indirect effect on the relationship between invalidating environments by both father and mother and the onset of NSSI during adolescence. In conclusion, hopelessness and emotional dysregulation increase the risk of engaging in self-injurious behaviors during adolescence when invalidating situations have been experienced during childhood.
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) encompasses any self-inflicted harm to the body surface without suicidal intent. The main risk factors include invalidating environments during childhood, hopelessness, and emotional dysregulation, which are the primary variables studied in this work. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether there is an interaction between these variables and how they relate to the onset of NSSI in adolescents. A total of 1733 students aged 12 to 19 composed the sample (mean age of 15.76, SD = 1.77; n = 809, 46.7% male and n = 924, 53.3%, female). Descriptive statistics were calculated for the sample, along with the correlations between the different measured variables. Two mediation models were analyzed, with invalidating environments as the indirect variable and NSSI as the direct variable in both cases. Hopelessness was the mediating variable in one model and emotional dysregulation in the other. Results show that 24.6% of adolescents have self-injured at least once in their lifetime, and 12.7% have resorted to more severe methods. All analyzed variables positively and significantly correlate with NSSI, except for the attention/disattention subscale of emotional dysregulation. In both mediation models, both hopelessness and emotional dysregulation have an indirect effect on the relationship between invalidating environments by both father and mother and the onset of NSSI during adolescence. In conclusion, hopelessness and emotional dysregulation increase the risk of engaging in self-injurious behaviors during adolescence when invalidating situations have been experienced during childhood.
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Perez-Rodríguez, S., Sempere, M. J., Layron-Folgado, J. E., Marco, J. H., & Gallego Hernández de Tejada, B. (2026). The mediating role of hopelessness and emotional dysregulation on the relationship between invalidating environments in childhood and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents. Anales De Psicología Annals of Psychology, 42(3), e27.
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