Childhood Emotional Maltreatment, Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy, and Suicide Risk in Chinese Adolescents: A Network Analysis and Latent Growth Modeling Approach

Zhongjie Wang, Fuqu Liu, Juanjuan Zheng, Kaiyuan Lu, Xuezhen Wang, School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Mental Health Education Center, Henan University of Engineering, School of Education, Renmin University of China

The Journal of Early Adolescence

Published online on June 15, 2026

Abstract

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Childhood maltreatment is a well-established risk factor for adolescent suicide, yet it remains unclear which specific types of maltreatment are most central in relation to suicide risk and how regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RESE) may shape this ...