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. 2024 Sep 11:17:3147-3157.
doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S463316. eCollection 2024.

Reappraisal Mitigates, While COVID-19 Burnout Exacerbates the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese College Students

Lijie Ren  1 , Ye Chen  2 , Xianguo Han  3 , Ziyi Chen  2 , Zhi Wang  4 , Wenxiao Li  2 , Hongyuan Chen  2
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Reappraisal Mitigates, While COVID-19 Burnout Exacerbates the Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Suicidal Ideation Among Chinese College Students

Lijie Ren et al. Psychol Res Behav Manag. .

Abstract

Background: Suicide is a global public health issue. This study examined the role of COVID-19 burnout and reappraisal in suicidal ideation caused by depressive symptoms among Chinese college students.

Methods: 587 students (261 boys, M age = 19.53, SD = 1.42) were assessed using the Short Depression-Happiness Scale (SDHS), Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation (PANSI) inventory, and Emotion Regulation Scale (ERS).

Results: Correlation analysis indicated depressive symptoms were negatively correlated with reappraisal and positively correlated with suicidal ideation and COVID-19 burnout. Reappraisal was negatively correlated with suicidal ideation and COVID-19 burnout. The moderated mediation model showed COVID-19 burnout enhanced the direct effect of depressive symptoms on suicidal ideation and indirectly enhanced this effect by weakening the protective role of reappraisal.

Conclusion: These finding show that reappraisal acts as a protective factor against suicidal ideation in individuals with depressive symptoms, while COVID-19 burnout exacerbates this effect by weakening reappraisal's protective role.

Keywords: COVID-19 burnout; depressive symptoms; moderated mediation model; reappraisal; suicidal ideation.

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The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Simple slopes for the interactions between reappraisal and COVID-19 burnout in relation to suicidal ideation.
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Simple slopes for the interactions between depressive symptoms and COVID-19 burnout in relation to suicidal ideation.
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