RT Journal Article T1 Knowing is half the battle: regulating and appraising emotions co-protect from suicidal ideation. A1 Mérida-López, Sergio A1 Quintana-Orts, Cirenia Luz A1 Pekaar, Keri A. A1 Pineda-Galán, Consolación A1 Extremera-Pacheco, Natalio K1 Inteligencia emocional K1 Suicidio - Factores de riesgo AB College students, particularly those in healthcare fields, face an elevated risk of suicidal ideation and depression. Therefore, it is essential to explore how both actual and perceived emotional resources may play a role in suicide prevention within this age group. This study examined (1) whether actual self-focused emotion-regulation ability diminishes suicidal ideation through a decrease in depressive symptoms, and (2) whether perceived self-emotion appraisal moderates this relationship. In 312 healthcare students (209 women) actual self- focused emotion-regulation ability was negatively related to suicidal ideation through depressive symptoms. Furthermore, perceived self-emotion appraisal buffered the relation- ship between depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation. Findings suggest that perceived self-emotion appraisal may reinforce the adaptiveness of actual self-focused emotion-regulation ability as a protective factor for psychological maladjustment. The results indicate the collaborative ability to regulate one’s emotions coupled with the self-perception of emotion appraisal could effectively alleviate the potential progression of emotional difficulties among healthcare students YR 2024 FD 2024 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32173 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32173 LA eng NO Mérida-López, Sergio., Quintana-Orts, Cirenia., Pekaar, Keri A., Pineda-Galán, Consolación y Extremera, Natalio (2024). Knowing is half the battle: Regulating and appraising emotions co-protect from suicidal ideation. Death Studies, 48(6), 621-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2305334 NO Política de acceso abierto tomada de: https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/5151 NO -Proyecto I+D+i del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (PID2020-117006RB-I00)-Grupo PAIDI Applied Positive Lab CTS-1048 (Junta de Andalucía)-Universidad de Málaga-Ayuda postdoctoral de la Junta de Andalucía (POSTDOC_21_ 00364) DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026