Abstract
Dispositional Optimism as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Negative Life Events and Suicide Ideation and Attempts
Hirsch J K~~Wolford K~~et al
This study examined the moderating effect of dispositional optimism on the relationship between negative life experiences & suicide ideation & attempts in a college student sample. Negative life events were associated with current suicide ideation & previous suicide attempts, & dispositional optimism moderated these relationships, after controlling for hopelessness & severity of depression. Individuals with greater optimism have reduced risk for suicide ideation & attempts in the face of low to moderate negative life events; however, this association is changed at the highest levels of negative life events. (56 refs.)