Abstract
Multidimensional future time perspective as moderators of the relationships between suicide motivation, preparation, and its predictors.
Chin, J.~~Holden, R.~~~
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.