The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI)
1.2. Self-Consistency Congruence
1.3. The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion
1.4. The Moderating Role of Gender
1.5. The Present Study
2. Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Self-Consistency Congruence Scale
2.2.2. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Questionnaire
2.2.3. Negative Emotion Questionnaire
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Deviation Test
3.2. Primary Analysis
3.3. Intermediary Model Test with Moderation
4. Discussion
4.1. The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on College Students’ Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
4.2. Analysis of the Mediating Impact of Negative Emotion
4.3. Analysis of the Moderating Effect of Gender
5. Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Non-Suicidal Self-Injury | Mean | SD | Gender | Only Child | Self-Consistency Congruence | Negative Emotion | Non-Suicidal Self-Injury |
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Gender | 1 | ||||||
Only child | 0.009 | 1 | |||||
Self-consistency congruence | 120.5 | 13.2 | 0.066 * | −0.012 | 1 | ||
Negative emotion | 22.7 | 6.7 | 0.034 | 0.002 | −0.420 ** | 1 | |
Non-suicidal self-injury | 21.2 | 13.2 | −0.018 | −0.003 | −0.174 ** | 0.227 ** | 1 |
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury | Effect Value | Boot Standard Error | Boot CI Lower Limit | Boot CI Upper Limit | Relative Effect Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total effect | −0.1749 | 0.031 | −0.2356 | −0.1141 | |
Direct effect | −0.0961 | 0.0336 | −0.0301 | −0.0072 | 53.50% |
The mediating effect of negative emotion | −0.0788 | 0.0377 | −0.1681 | −0.0302 | 46.50% |
Regression Equations | Overall Fit Index | Significance of Regression Coefficients | ||||
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Result Variables | R | R2 | F | β | t | |
Negative emotion | 0.4312 | 0.1860 | 75.3072 ** | |||
Self-consistency congruence (a) | −0.2187 | −14.9805 ** | ||||
Gencer (b) | 0.8739 | 2.1968 | ||||
A × b | 0.0244 | 0.7953 | ||||
Non-suicidal self-injury | 0.2575 | 0.0663 | 14.0217 ** | |||
Self-consistency congruence (a) | 0.094 | −2.6301 ** | ||||
Gencer (b) | −0.4720 | −0.5579 | ||||
negative emotion (c) | 0.3629 | −9.0732 ** | ||||
A × b | 0.0303 | 0.4181 | ||||
C × b | 0.3975 | −2.7740 ** |
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Li, Y.; He, K.; Xue, C.; Li, C.; Gu, C. The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 11898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911898
Li Y, He K, Xue C, Li C, Gu C. The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):11898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911898
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Yang, Keke He, Changfeng Xue, Chun Li, and Chuanhua Gu. 2022. "The Impact of Self-Consistency Congruence on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in College Students: The Mediating Role of Negative Emotion and the Moderating Role of Gender" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 11898. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191911898