Future disposition and suicidal ideation: Mediation by depressive symptom clusters.

Year: 2015 Source: Journal of Affective Disorders.(2015).170(1 January 2015):1Ð6. SIEC No: 20150036

In line with hopelessness theory, both increased negative expectancies and reduced positive expectancies for the future have been associated with suicidal ideation. This study evaluated two depression symptom clusters as mediators of the relationship between future disposition and suicide: subjective feelings of depression and self-blame. Depressed individuals with few positive expectations of the future may benefit from interventions focusing on subjective depression symptoms, such as sadness or anhedonia. For depressed individuals with negative expectations for the future, a clinical focus on negative attributions or self-blame may be warranted.

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