Resilience as a Mediator Between Negative Emotions and Suicidal Ideation in Women Affected by Marital Infidelity
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Objective: This study aimed to examine the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between negative emotional variables, including internalized shame, rumination, and difficulties in emotion regulation, and suicidal ideation among married women affected by marital infidelity.
Methods and Materials: A non-experimental correlational design based on structural equation modeling was used. The study population included women affected by marital infidelity who referred to family counseling centers in Qom, Iran, in 2024. A total of 265 eligible participants were selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation, Rumination Response Scale, Internalized Shame Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, and Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27 and AMOS version 24 with robust maximum likelihood estimation and bootstrapping.
Findings: The final model showed good fit, χ²/df = 2.135, GFI = .99, AGFI = .95, CFI = .98, NFI = .98, RMSEA = .066. Internalized shame, β = .116, p = .048, rumination, β = .130, p = .030, and difficulties in emotion regulation, β = .213, p < .001, positively predicted suicidal ideation. Resilience negatively predicted suicidal ideation, β = −.137, p = .021. Internalized shame, β = −.123, p = .041, rumination, β = −.169, p = .006, and difficulties in emotion regulation, β = −.122, p = .045, negatively predicted resilience. Indirect effects through resilience were significant for internalized shame, rumination, and difficulties in emotion regulation.
Conclusion: Resilience partially mediated the association between negative emotions and suicidal ideation, supporting its protective role among women affected by marital infidelity.
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