ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1658974
Association among Family and Domestic Violence, Sleep Disturbance, Anxiety, Suicidal and Self-harm Ideation: A Chained Mediation Modeling Analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- 2Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- 3Peking University, Beijing, China
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Family and domestic violence (FDV) is closely related to suicidal and self-harm ideation (SSI), but the research in this regard is insufficient in China. Based on the 2022 Psychology and Behavior Investigation of Chinese Residents, this study examined: (1) the prevalence of FDV, as well as SSI in This is a provisional file, not the final typeset article China; (2) the influence of FDV on SSI, along with the sequential mediating pathway through sleep disturbance and anxiety; (3) the differences in these associations in terms of gender and age. The research findings indicate that approximately 44% of the participants have experienced FDV, and 25% of the participants have SSI. FDV significantly increases the risk of SSI (1.267, p<0.001). Anxiety mediated the association between FDV and SSI, while sleep disturbance intensified this indirect pathway by increasing anxiety, which in turn elevated SSI risk. By comparing different age groups, it is found that adolescents and the elderly are at a higher risk of developing SSI due to FDV. Gender-specific analysis shows that controlling violence has a significant impact on women, while insulting violence has a stronger impact on men.
Keywords: Family and Domestic Violence1, suicidal ideation2, Self-Harm3, sleep disturbance4, gender differences5
Received: 03 Jul 2025; Accepted: 20 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Siyuan Liu, siyuanliu@ruc.edu.cn
Yibo Wu, bjmuwuyibo@outlook.com
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