Understanding how emotion regulation difficulties and experiential avoidance co-occur
Research gap analysis derived from 3 psychology papers in our local library.
The gap
The study highlights the gap in understanding how emotion regulation difficulties and experiential avoidance co-occur within individuals and influence the association between emotion regulation difficulties and non-suicidal self-injury. The study notes that the moderating role of experiential avoidance in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury is unclear.
Evidence profile
Sourced from the stated research gap and future-work section of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2025 and 2026, spanning 2 journals. Those papers have been cited 14 times in total.
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Established — well-defined area with open sub-problems.
Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps
- Relationships Between Cumulative Family Risk, Emotion Regulation Difficulties, and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: A Person-Centered Analysis (2025) · Behavioral Sciences · cited 4× · doi
Prior work has not fully explored the relationships between cumulative family risk, emotion regulation difficulties, and non-suicidal self-injury. The study aims to address this gap by using a person-centered approach to identify subgroups of cumulative family risk and emotion regulation difficulties. The study examines the relationships between these subgroups and non-suicidal self-injury.
generalstated research gapKeywords: prior work has fully explored relationships between cumulative - Emotion regulation difficulties and experiential avoidance in adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury: a latent profile and moderation analysis (2026) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi
The study highlights the gap in understanding how emotion regulation difficulties and experiential avoidance co-occur within individuals and influence the association between emotion regulation difficulties and non-suicidal self-injury. The study notes that the moderating role of experiential avoidance in adolescent non-suicidal self-injury is unclear.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: study highlights gap understanding emotion regulation difficulties experiential - Prevalence and family function associated with suicide-related behaviors in vocational college population of southern China: the mediating role of depression (2025) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · cited 5× · doi
There is a lack of understanding of the mediating role of depression in the association between family function and suicidal behaviors. Prior studies have not fully explored the relationships between family function, depression, and suicidal behaviors in vocational college students. There is a need for further research on the predictive effect of family function on suicidal behaviors.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there lack understanding mediating role depression association between - Prevalence and family function associated with suicide-related behaviors in vocational college population of southern China: the mediating role of depression (2025) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · cited 5× · doi
Further studies should investigate the mechanisms by which family function affects suicidal behaviors, - Future research should explore the potential moderating factors in the relationship between family function and suicidal behaviors, - Longitudinal studies are needed to examine the temporal relationships between family function, depression, and suicidal behaviors
generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5Keywords: further studies investigate mechanisms family function affects suicidal
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