
international journal high risk behaviors & addiction, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 14(1)
Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025
Background: Adverse childhood events are one of the most important predictors deliberate self-harm (DSH), and difficulty in regulating self-conscious emotions, including shame self-disgust, forms underlying mechanism this relationship. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate relationship between adverse experiences (ACEs) DSH through mediating roles self-disgust. Patients Methods: current descriptive-correlational employed a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. sample included all Iranian over 18 years old who had engaged within past six months used social media (e.g., Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp) 2024. A 269 individuals was selected using convenience sampling method. Participants completed following questionnaires: Gratz’s Deliberate Self-harm Inventory (DSHI), Bernstein’s Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Andrews Hunter’s Experience Shame Scale (ESS), Overton’s Self-disgust (SDS). Data were analyzed Pearson’s correlation coefficient SEM. analysis conducted SPSS-25 AMOS-24. Results: Results indicated significant positive ACEs (r = 0.28, P < 0.01). Furthermore, observed variables 0.01) self-disgust 0.40, SEM results demonstrated that indirect relationships (β 0.03, 0.034) 0.06, 0.018) significant. components can serve as suitable mediators ACEs. model accounted for approximately 10% variance DSH. Conclusions: Trauma-related could increase As emotions disgust may not be openly expressed, interventions addressing by alleviating negative impacts these likely foster development more adaptive coping strategies.
Язык: Английский