The role of impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame in predicting the tendency to suicidal thoughts in adolescents referred to transitional harm reduction centers in Tehran

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame in predicting the tendency to suicidal thoughts in teenagers who refer to transitional harm reduction centers in Tehran. This research was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population of the current study included adolescents aged 14 to 18 years who were referred to the Transitional Injury Reduction Centers (DIC) in Tehran, District 12 (Shosh-Harandi neighborhood) in the first four months of 2011, using a simple random sampling method. 300 people were selected for these centers. Research tools include the Suicidal Ideation Scale (BSSI) (Beck, 1961), the Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11) (Bart et al., 2004), the Rumination Scale (RRS) (Hoeksema & Morrow 1991) and the Internalized Shame Scale ( ISS) (Cook, 1993). In order to analyze the data, Pearson's correlation test and multiple linear regression were used simultaneously. The results have shown that there is a positive and significant relationship between impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame with the tendency to suicidal thoughts (P<0.01). Also, the results of the regression analysis showed that impulse control, rumination, and internalized shame explain a total of 0.78 of the tendency to suicidal thoughts.