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Multidimensional future time perspective as moderators of the relationships between suicide motivation, preparation,
Jacqueline Chin1, Ronald R Holden
1Department of Clinical Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada. 8jc76@queensu.ca
Abstract:
The moderating impact of future time perspective (FTP) components on the relationships of hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and psychache with suicide motivation and preparation was investigated. In a sample of first year college students (N = 87) recruited on the basis of elevated suicide ideation and depressive symptoms, future thinking, optimism, and future connectedness attenuated the relationship of suicide motivation with depressive symptoms and hopelessness. Future thinking moderated the impact of depressive symptoms on suicide preparation. No moderating effects were found for psychache. This study demonstrates that FTP may buffer against the worst effects of salient suicide predictors among high-risk students.
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