The underlying dynamics of a suicidal ideation latent network model: The role of hopelessness, psychopathology, emotion regulation, and behavioral coping skills in adolescents from the general population

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.02.101
dc.creatorVillacura-Herrera, César
dc.creatorÁvalos-Tejeda, Marcelo
dc.creatorGaete, Jorge
dc.creatorRobinson, Jo
dc.creatorNúñez, Daniel
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:50:53Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:50:53Z
dc.description<p>Background: Suicide is a major cause of death among adolescents, with suicidal ideation (SI) being a common symptom in this group. SI arises from a complex mix of biological, environmental, and psychological factors, however, the specific relationships between them is not yet fully understood. Network theory has been proposed as a promising framework to analyze these relationships, with latent network models (LNM) offering a novel approach to capture their complex underlying dynamics. Methods: We examined a SI-based LNM in a sample of 1539 students from secondary public schools (M = 15.336; SD = 1.022; female = 52.39 %). The model included depressive and anxiety symptoms, feelings of hopelessness, emotion regulation strategies, and cognitive-behavioral and problem-solving skills. Strength and expected influence indices were calculated for each variable. Results: Hopelessness and depressive symptoms showed the highest strength and expected influence values within the model, respectively. Our findings suggest that hopelessness might play a crucial mediating role linking common mental disorders and emotion regulation strategies with SI in adolescents. Expressive suppression had a direct and negative association with SI, showing its underlying regulatory role when other factors are controlled. Cognitive-behavioral and problem-solving skills showed weak links with SI. Conclusions: Primary care- and school-based interventions should center on hopelessness as a relevant direct predictor for SI, and potential mediator in the course of SI. A combination of research and intervention efforts directed at reducing hopelessness in youths may prove to be essential for reducing suicide-related behaviors altogether.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/516d0605-95cf-44c4-b055-5ae61ea26018
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/56855
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.sourcevol.379 (2025) date: 2025-06-15 p.540-548
dc.subjectAdolescents
dc.subjectEmotion regulation
dc.subjectHopelessness
dc.subjectNetwork analysis
dc.subjectPsychopathology
dc.subjectSuicide
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleThe underlying dynamics of a suicidal ideation latent network model: The role of hopelessness, psychopathology, emotion regulation, and behavioral coping skills in adolescents from the general populationeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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