TY - JOUR
T1 - Forgiveness and suicidal behavior in primary care
T2 - Mediating role of future orientation
AU - Kelliher Rabon, Jessica
AU - Webb, Jon R.
AU - Chang, Edward C.
AU - Hirsch, Jameson K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - Forgiveness, a cognitive-emotional and behavioral reduction of negative responses to offenses, is directly related to less suicide risk, but may be indirectly related via its relation with future orientation, the ability to envision a positive future. In 100 rural primary care patients, we examined the association between self-forgiveness, other-forgiveness, and forgiveness by God and suicidal behavior, with future orientation as a mediator. Forgiveness was related to greater future orientation and, in turn, to, less suicidal behavior. Addressing the past may promote adaptive views of the future and reduce suicide risk, results suggesting potential temporal and forgiveness-based points for suicide prevention.
AB - Forgiveness, a cognitive-emotional and behavioral reduction of negative responses to offenses, is directly related to less suicide risk, but may be indirectly related via its relation with future orientation, the ability to envision a positive future. In 100 rural primary care patients, we examined the association between self-forgiveness, other-forgiveness, and forgiveness by God and suicidal behavior, with future orientation as a mediator. Forgiveness was related to greater future orientation and, in turn, to, less suicidal behavior. Addressing the past may promote adaptive views of the future and reduce suicide risk, results suggesting potential temporal and forgiveness-based points for suicide prevention.
KW - Forgiveness
KW - future orientation
KW - primary care
KW - suicidal behavior
KW - suicide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047944953&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19349637.2018.1469454
DO - 10.1080/19349637.2018.1469454
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047944953
VL - 21
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
JF - Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health
SN - 1934-9637
IS - 1
ER -