Turk, NuriArslan, GokmenKaya, AlicanGuc, EbruTuran, Mehmet Emin2024-12-242024-12-2420240145-21341873-7757https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106735https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12604/6431Background: Mental health problems are currently diversifying, increasing the possibility of suicide. Exposure to psychological maltreatment is one of the factors that increases suicidal cognitions. In addition, psychological flexibility and meaning-centered approaches may be effective in coping with suicidal cognitions. Objective: A hypothesized model was tested to examine the relationships among psychological maltreatment, suicidal cognitions, psychological flexibility, and meaning-centered coping. Method: Data were collected from a sample of 652 participants. Mediation and moderation analyses were conducted to examine the mediating and moderating role of psychological flexibility and meaning-centered coping in the relationship between childhood psychological maltreatment and suicide cognitions among Turkish adults. Results: The results of the study indicated significant negative and positive relationships between psychological maltreatment, suicide cognitions, psychological flexibility, and meaning-centered coping. The findings suggest that psychological flexibility and meaning-centered coping have a serial mediating effect on the relationship between psychological maltreatment and suicide cognitions. Furthermore, according to the study results, psychological flexibility plays a moderating role both between psychological maltreatment and suicidal cognitions and between meaning-centered coping and suicidal cognitions. Conclusions: The study suggests that psychological maltreatment can be considered as a risk factor and meaning-centered coping and psychological flexibility as protective factors in suicide prevention studies.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPsychological maltreatmentSuicide cognitionsPsychological flexibilityMeaning-centered copingArticle152N/AWOS:001218649300001Q12-s2.0-851893481763856945410.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106735