inhibition and activation systems of behavior and suicide mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation

Objective: this study aimed to predict suicide attempts based on behavioral activation and inhibition systems (bas/bis) with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation (cer) strategies among adolescents of abyek city. materials and methods: the research methodology was descriptive-correlational. the cluster sampling method was used, and the resulting sample included 194 adolescents who responded to the bas/bis questionnaire (carver & white, 1994), cer questionnaire, and beck scale for suicide ideation. path analysis was employed to evaluate the proposed model using amos 24.0 and spss 27 softwares. results: the findings indicate that the proposed model is fitted with the data well. the results of path analysis showed that the bas/bis systems explain 27% of the variance of maladaptive cer and 61% of the variance of adaptive cer. in addition, maladaptive cer, bas, and bis explain 65% of the variance of suicide attempts. conclusion: low levels of bas, high levels of bis, and the use of maladaptive cer skills can be considered risk factors for suicide attempts in adolescents.