The Impact Of Empathy On Suicidal Ideation In Youth And The Combined Intervention Study Of Cognitive Behavioral Therap

Despite the fact that the suicide rate among Chinese young people has been decreasing for years,it is still the main cause of mortality of this group.Since youth is the most beautiful stage of life,the suicide issue attracts wide attention from society and schools.The current researches on suicide and psychological crisis intervention are majorly carried out from perspectives like suicidal attitude and suicidal ideation.Suicidal ideation refers to the early psychology of suicidal behavior,which can significantly predict suicidal behavior and is a high risk factor.In this study,331 copies of the “Interpersonal Response Indicator Scale” and the “Suicidal Ideation Self-Assessment Scale” were distributed to young people aged 15 to 34,and the differences in the effects of empathy factors on the level of suicidal ideation are analyzed.At the same time,with the mean self-assessment scale of suicidal ideation plus 1 standard deviation as the demarcation point,6 people with suicidal ideation who voluntarily received psychological counseling are sorted out for a joint intervention of cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive empathy training.Within the intervention framework of cognitive behavioral therapy,respondents with suicide indeation are first instructed to recognize and express their expressions and emotions;to understand and feel the different needs of themselves and others from various perspectives,so as to enhance their perspective-taking ability;then to acquire more effective listening and expression skills through empathic external response training;and finally,empathic internal response training,namely self-emotional regulation.Four different cognitive empathy training sessions correspond to the four main techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy,namely emotion recognition,thought dispersion,rational emotion role-playing and behavioral experimentation.It helps people with suicidal ideation identify their irrational ideation more quickly,reduce their sense of hopelessness to life,significantly improve their cognitive-empathy level,and improve their interpersonal relationships.And it is also an effective supplement to the short-term cognitive behavioral therapy that easily leads to inadequate counseling relationships.The study draws the following conclusions:(1)Cognitive empathy and emotional empathy have opposite effects on suicidal ideation;Emotional empathy and its factors can significantly predict the level of suicidal ideation,and the viewpoint selection factor in cognitive empathy can negatively predict the level of suicidal ideation.(2)Cognitive behavioral therapy has a significant effect on suicidal ideation.When counseling is appropriately prolonged at the beginning(about double the normal length),the sense of hopelessness to life can be significantly reduced.(3)For people with suicidal ideation,it is not appropriate to use the emotional-oriented technique of cognitive behavioral therapy or emotional empathy training until their irrational ideation has been corrected,or it may aggravate the level of suicidal ideation.(4)Combined intervention with cognitive empathy training in cognitive behavioral therapy can significantly reduce the level of people’s suicidal ideation,effectively improve their empathy ability,and supplement to the short-term cognitive behavioral therapy that may lead to inadequate counseling relationships.