ArticleFrontiers in psychology2022
Insecure adult attachment and reflective functioning as mechanisms of the relationship between traumatic life events and suicidal ideation: A path analysis.
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- The Path from Childhood Emotional Maltreatment to Disordered Eating Behaviors: The Role of Reflective Functioning and Food Addiction.Nutrients · 2025Article
- The mediating role of adult attachment styles between early traumas and suicidal behaviour.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Insecure attachment and impaired reflective functioning mediate the association between childhood trauma and grazing behavior.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Insecure Minds through the Looking Glass: The Mediating Role of Mentalization in the Relationships between Adult Attachment Styles and Problematic Social Media Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Reflective functioning mediates the relationship between insecure adult attachment and the severity of prolonged grief symptoms.Health psychology research · 2024Article
- Constructing prediction models and analyzing factors in suicidal ideation using machine learning, focusing on the older population.PloS one · 2024Article
- Mediation effect of anxious attachment on relationship between childhood trauma and suicidal ideation sensitive to psychological pain levels.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Article
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Abstract
The relationship between traumatic life events and increased suicide risk has been well reported in literature. However, the complex nature of suicidality phenomena still hinders our ability to comprehend the mediation mechanism underlying this association. In this study, we examined the mediating role of adult attachment and reflective functioning in the relationship between traumatic life events and suicidal ideation. Nine hundred and fifty Italian adults completed an online survey evaluating traumatic life events, adult attachment, reflective functioning and suicidal ideation. The path analysis showed that the positive relationship between traumatic life events and suicidal ideation was partially mediated by attachment anxiety and reflective functioning. From a clinical point of view, these results support the relevance of evaluating and improving patients' ability to mentalize as a part of psychotherapeutic intervention aimed at reducing suicidality in people with a history of traumatic experiences and attachment anxiety.
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