TIME PERSPECTIVE, MOOD DISTURBANCE, AND SUICIDE LIBERATION

Time perspective has been viewed as having important but subtle effect s on cognition, mood and behavior. Previous research has suggested tha t the dimensions of extension and temporal attitude may be important a s regards predicting suicide ideation or attempts. The manner in which people construct their future may have important ramifications for be liefs about the importance of life. Temporal attitude, of all the dime nsions of time perspective, appears to be most important in this regar d. Other research has suggested that both depression, and, to a lesser extent, impulsivity may also be important predictor variables for sui cide ideation. In this study 238 university students and 159 senior hi gh school students were assessed on a variety of temporal and and impu lsivity had comparatively little effect on suicide ideation after the effects of mood disturbance were controlled. However, negative tempora l attitudes appeared to have significant impact on suicide ideation wh en depression was ignored and a highly significant impact on mood dist urbance, suggesting that its relevance for the prediction of suicide i s primarily through its effect on depression.