ArticleJournal of affective disorders2026
Childhood emotional abuse and suicidal ideation intensity: The serial effects of rejection sensitivity, thwarted belongingness, and perceived burdensomeness.
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- The transdiagnostic network of childhood trauma, anxiety, and depression in college students: centrality of emotional neglect and the bridging function of emotional abuse.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The impact of rejection sensitivity on suicidal ideation among college students: the role of social connectedness and negative affect.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Developmental pathway from child maltreatment to children's bullying: sex difference in the longitudinal dual-process model of self-esteem and depression.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRejection sensitivity (hypersensitivity and reactivity to threats of rejection due to previous rejection experiences) could provide insight into the role of childhood emotional abuse and associated interpersonal risk factors in the development of suicide ideation (SI).
objectiveThe current study examined SI among at-risk young adults using an integrated model of rejection sensitivity and suicide risk, as conceptualized by the interpersonal theory of suicide. We hypothesized that childhood emotional abuse would be indirectly prospectively associated with increases in SI intensity at 4-month follow-up (a cognitive-affective reaction to rejection) through greater rejection sensitivity and greater perceptions of rejection (thwarted belongingness [TB] and perceived burdenensomeness [PB]), in serial. PARTICIPANTS AND
settingParticipants were 148 young adult men and women (ages 18-35) with SI and/or suicidal behaviors within the past 4 months. Participants were recruited as part of a larger one-year longitudinal study of suicide risk in a transdiagnostic sample of young adults.
methodsPROCESS serial mediation procedures were used to test the hypothesis that emotional abuse would be indirectly associated with increased SI intensity at 4-month follow-up through rejection sensitivity and TB or PB, in serial.
resultsResults indicated that childhood emotional abuse was prospectively associated with elevated SI intensity in adulthood through the indirect effects of rejection sensitivity and PB (std. est. = 0.04; 95 % CI = -0.03, 0.11) but not TB.
conclusionGreater emotional abuse in childhood was associated with a greater sensitivity to rejection, which may perpetuate a cycle that increases risk for SI throughout adolescence and adulthood.
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