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Zenodo
2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19281611 |
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- <p>In correctional facilities, where psychological distress is exacerbated by incarceration-related <br>stressors like guilt, loss of autonomy, and impaired emotional functioning, suicide is still a <br>serious public health concern. Anchored on social cognitive and emotion regulation <br>frameworks, this study investigated how emotion regulation links perceived self-efficacy and <br>guilt-induced depression to suicidal ideation among inmates in Ilorin Correctional Facility, <br>Nigeria. A cross-sectional ex post facto survey design was employed. Purposive sampling was <br>used to choose 210 inmates from Oke Kura Correctional Center in Ilorin (mean age = 37.3 <br>years; 92.4% male). Perceived self-efficacy, guilt-induced depression, emotion regulation, and <br>suicidal ideation were evaluated using standardized tools. Data were analysed using Pearson <br>correlation, multiple regression, and mediation analysis. Suicidal ideation was found to be <br>jointly and independently predicted by perceived self-efficacy and depression brought on by <br>guilt, which together accounted for 63.4% of the variance in suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation <br>was strongly positively correlated with guilt-induced depression, whereas suicidal ideation was <br>significantly decreased by perceived self-efficacy. The relationship between suicidal ideation <br>and guilt-induced depression was not mediated by emotion regulation, according to mediation <br>analysis. The relationship between perceived self-efficacy and suicidal ideation was, however, <br>significantly mediated by emotion regulation. These findings highlight the significance of <br>incorporating guilt-focused therapeutic interventions, emotion regulation programs and <br>training, and self-efficacy enhancement into correctional mental health and rehabilitation <br>programs in order to lower the risk of inmate suicide</p>