Psychology Research and Behavior Management (Sep 2023)
Psychotic-Like Experiences and Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents: The Chain Mediating Role of Insomnia Symptoms and Resilience
Abstract
Xi Luo,1– 3 Taowen Yu,4 Zilu Yang,5 Dongfang Wang6 1School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China; 2Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China; 3Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Applied Psychology, Changsha Normal University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China; 5College of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China; 6Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Taowen Yu, Department of Applied Psychology, Changsha Normal University, Xingsha Road, Changsha, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected] Dongfang Wang, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Shipai Road, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: Individuals who experience psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) are at significant risk of suicide-related behaviors. This two-wave longitudinal study aimed to investigate the relationships among PLEs, insomnia symptoms, resilience, and suicidal ideation (SI) among adolescents.Methods: A total of 2231 college students [mean age (standard deviation) = 20.02 (1.39) years] completed two web-based surveys. Participants completed self-report measures of sample characteristics, PLEs, insomnia symptoms, resilience, and SI.Results: The findings indicated a significantly positive correlation between PLEs and SI that was sequentially mediated by insomnia symptoms and resilience. Furthermore, insomnia symptoms and resilience played a chain-mediating role between PLEs and adolescent SI.Conclusion: These findings suggest potential mechanism for the PLEs-SI link, which helps us better understand how PLEs can influence individual SI and provides important information for early prevention.Keywords: psychotic-like experiences, insomnia symptoms, resilience, suicidal ideation, adolescents
