Future orientation moderates the relationship between functional status and suicide ideation in depressed adults
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Functional impairment might amplify suicide risk in later life. A positive view of the future may reduce this risk. We tested the hypothesis that hopelessness and positive future orientation moderate the association between functional status and suicide ideation in a sample of 136 patients, 55 years of age or older, in treatment for depression. Future orientation moderated the association between functional status and suicide ideation; hopelessness did not. Although prospective research is needed to test more rigorously the hypothesized protective role of positive future orientation, our data suggest that treatments designed to enhance future orientation might decrease suicide risk.
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We chose hopelessness and optimism as key outcome measures due to their established links to suicidality; hopelessness has been associated with completed suicide, independent of severity of mood symptoms.
“We chose hopelessness and optimism as key outcome measures due to their established links to suicidality [10 -12]. Hopelessness has been associated with completed suicide, independent of severity of mood symptoms [46,47]”
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Optimism, gratitude and other positive states have been associated with reductions in hopelessness, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, often independent of depression.
“Optimism, gratitude and other positive states have been associated with reductions in hopelessness, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, often independent of depression [10 -16].”
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- Authors
- Hirsch, J. K., Duberstein, P. R., Conner, K. R., Heisel, M. J., Beckman, A., Franus, N., & Conwell, Y.
- Affiliations
- Rochester Institute of Technology (US)
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Western University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hirsch, Jameson K.
- Venue
- Depression and Anxiety
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2007
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 196-201
- ISSN
- 1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6394
- OpenAlex
- W2096920030
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 61
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- FWCI
- 2.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3165 d)
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- Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5t32mh020061-25)
- National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH20061, T32-MH020061, R01MH064579, R01 MH60285, R01MH060285)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Keywords
- future orientation, hopelessness, functional status, suicidal ideation, depression, older adults, functional disability, suicide risk, moderation, positive future orientation
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Major Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Suicide, Attempted, Time Factors, Cost of Illness, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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