Effects of Emotional Regulation on Suicidal Ideation

By : R. N. Singh, Neha Pathak

Page No: 237-245

Abstract
The study under report was conducted to examine the effects of ability of emotional regulation, if any, on suicidal ideation among adolescents. The phase of adolescence is called the age of storm and stress and it may interfere with the ability of dealing with the emotional problems, which may lead to adaptive problems and in many cases the adolescents may take hazardous steps which may include suicidality (suicidal ideation) and suicide also. In order to examine the above assumption, 200 adolescents studying in Intermediate Colleges of Jaunpur city (U.P.India) and its neighboring areas were administered the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire and Suicidal Ideation Scale. The adolescents were assigned to either of the three emotional regulation groups (High, Moderate & Low ERG) on the basis of their scores on ERQ. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The results obtained clearly suggested that the ability of emotional regulation exerts differential effects on suicidal ideation among adolescents. Results are thoroughly discussed and interpreted in the light of the finding of the present study and also the findings of the previous researches. Besides it, implications, limitation and the suggestions for future researches are also underlined.

Authors :
R. N. Singh : Professor – Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India).
Neha Pathak : Research scholar in Psychology – Department of Psychology, Magadh University, Magadh (Bihar).
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.01.20