Journal article
Psychic Pain Among Men: Factor Structure, Psychosocial Correlates, and Mediation of Social Connectedness and Suicidal Ideation
D Kealy, GB Chartier, A Walther, SM Rice, ZE Seidler, JL Oliffe, JS Ogrodniczuk
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2023
Abstract
The Psychic Pain Scale (PPS) measures a form of mental pain involving overwhelming negative affect and loss of self-control. Understanding psychic pain among men is needed to advance efforts for preventing male suicide. The present study examined the factor structure and psychosocial correlates of the PPS among 621 online help-seeking men. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a higher-order factor comprising affect deluge and loss of control factors. Psychic pain evinced significant associations with general psychological distress, r = 0.64; perceived social support, r = -0.43; social connectedness, r = -0.55; and suicidal ideation, r = 0.65 (all p's < 0.001) - the latter three remained si..
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Funding Acknowledgements
All authors have read and approved the submitted manuscript.r Gabrielle B. Chartier was supported by the UBC Clinician Investigator Program; David Kealy was supported by a Scholar Award from Michael Smith Health Research BC. For the remaining authors, none were declared.