Alexithymia and non-suicidal self-ınjury in adolescents: the roles of emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, and self-esteem
 
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Ayşe Selma Yenen Menderes
Nazlı Merve Korkmaz
Ayçin Darıcı Sümer
Türkiye
İsranur Yenen Sivri
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Makbule ESEN ÖKSÜZOĞLU Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı BMC PSYCHIATRY (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1471-244X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 03-2026
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 26 / 1 / – DOI 10.1186/s12888-026-07940-2
Makale Linki https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-026-07940-2
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Özet
BackgroundNon-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is highly prevalent among adolescents and is associated with significant psychosocial impairment. Although alexithymia has been linked to NSSI in previous studies, the psychological mechanisms that may explain this association remain unclear. The present study aimed to concurrently examine emotion regulation difficulties, impulsivity, and self-esteem as mediators of the association between alexithymia and NSSI in a clinical adolescent sample.MethodsThe study sample consisted of 437 adolescent outpatients (79.4% girls; Mage= 15.4 years), including 147 who reported NSSI in the past year and 290 who did not. Alexithymia, emotion regulation difficulties, impulsivity and self-esteem were measured. Gender-stratified structural equation modeling (SEM) was conducted to examine whether emotion regulation difficulties, impulsivity, and self-esteem mediated the …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Alexithymia | Emotion regulation | Self-esteem | Impulsivity | Nonsuicidal Self-injury | Adolescent