a University of Michigan.
b University of Toronto.
J Psychol. 2017 Jul 4;151(5):453-463. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2017.1314928. Epub 2017 May 9.
This study examined loneliness and future orientation as predictors of suicidal risk, namely, depressive symptoms and suicide ideation, in a sample of 228 college students (54 males and 174 females). Results of regression analyses indicated that loneliness was a significant predictor of both indices of suicidal risk. The inclusion of future orientation was found to significantly augment the prediction model of both depressive symptoms and suicide ideation, even after accounting for loneliness. Noteworthy, beyond loneliness and future orientation, the Loneliness × Future Orientation interaction term was found to further augment both prediction models of suicidal risk. Consistent with the notion that future orientation is an important buffer of suicidal risk, among lonely students, those with high future orientation, compared to low future orientation, were found to report significantly lower levels of depressive symptoms and suicide ideation. Some implications of the present findings for studying both risk and protective factors associated with suicidal risk in young adults are discussed.
本研究考察了孤独感和未来取向对自杀风险（即抑郁症状和自杀意念）的预测作用，研究对象为 228 名大学生（54 名男性和 174 名女性）。回归分析的结果表明，孤独感是自杀风险两个指标的显著预测因素。未来取向的纳入显著增加了抑郁症状和自杀意念预测模型的预测能力，即使在考虑到孤独感之后也是如此。值得注意的是，除了孤独感和未来取向之外，孤独感×未来取向的交互项进一步增加了自杀风险的两个预测模型。与未来取向是自杀风险的重要缓冲因素的观点一致，在孤独的学生中，与未来取向低的学生相比，未来取向高的学生报告的抑郁症状和自杀意念水平显著更低。本文讨论了这些发现对研究与年轻人自杀风险相关的风险和保护因素的一些启示。
