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Jameson K Hirsch - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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relationship between Future Orientation and pain severity in fibromyalgia patients self compassion as a coping mechanism
Social Work, 2019Co-Authors: Edward C Chang, Abigael G Lucas, Olivia D Chang, Harrison D Angoff, Ashley H Duong, Judy Huang, Marisa J Perera, Fuschia M Sirois, Jameson K HirschAbstract:The present study examined the relationship between Future Orientation and fibromyalgia-related pain severity in a sample of 287 adults with fibromyalgia. Specifically, authors examined dimensions of self-compassion (for example, self-kindness, isolation, mindfulness) as possible mechanisms through which Future Orientation might be associated with pain severity. Results of conducting a multiple mediator test with 10,000 bootstraps indicated that the significant negative association between Future Orientation and pain severity was mediated through one specific self-compassion dimension, namely, isolation. The article concludes with a discussion of the implications of the present findings for working with fibromyalgia patients, specifically the potential value of social workers working with fibromyalgia patients to build Future Orientation as a resilience factor to combat pain severity. Also discussed is the value of working with patients to develop a sustainable social support system that can disrupt experiences of social isolation and disconnectedness from others, and which appear to contribute to greater pain severity.
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Forgiveness and Suicidal Behavior in Primary Care: Mediating Role of Future Orientation
Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 2018Co-Authors: Jessica Kelliher Rabon, Edward C Chang, Jon R. Webb, Jameson K HirschAbstract:ABSTRACTForgiveness, 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.
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Gratitude and Health Behaviors: The Role of Future Orientation
The European health psychologist, 2016Co-Authors: Fuschia M Sirois, Alex M. Wood, Jameson K HirschAbstract:Background: Gratitude is an Orientation towards the positive in life that increasingly is shown to have relevance for physical health. Less is known about how gratitude relates to health behaviours. The self-regulation resource model (SRRM) posits that Future-Orientation is a resource that promotes self-regulation of health behaviours. Accordingly, we meta-analytically tested whether gratitude was associated with the practice of health-promoting behaviours, and if Future-Orientation explained the association. Methods: Data from 14 samples (N = 4,111) from our labs were included in the meta-analysis as there was no published data. All samples completed measures of state or trait gratitude, and a measure of health behaviour frequency; six samples completed a measure of Future Orientation/self-continuity. Random effects meta-analysis was conducted on the correlations of gratitude with health behaviours, with subgroup analyses. Indirect effects through FO were tested and meta-analysed. Findings: Across all 14 samples, gratitude was significantly associated with more frequent health behaviours, avg. r = .261, [.22, .31]. The effects did not vary significantly across sample type (student/community), or gratitude measure (state/trait). Mediation analyses revealed significant indirect effects of gratitude on health behaviours through Future-Orientation in the six samples tested (N = 2,828), with an average index of mediation of beta = .068 [.05, .08]. The direct effects remained significant. Discussion: Findings are consistent with the SRRM and demonstrate that gratitude is associated with the practice of health-promoting behaviours, due in part to Future-Orientation. Further research is warranted to more fully investigate the potential of gratitude for promoting health behaviours.
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Future Orientation moderates the relationship between functional status and suicide ideation in depressed adults.
Depression and anxiety, 2007Co-Authors: Jameson K Hirsch, Paul R. Duberstein, Kenneth R. Conner, Marnin J. Heisel, Anthony Beckman, Nathan Franus, Yeates ConwellAbstract: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. Language: en
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Future Orientation and Suicide Ideation and Attempts in Depressed Adults Ages 50 and Over
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2006Co-Authors: Jameson K Hirsch, Paul R. Duberstein, Kenneth R. Conner, Marnin J. Heisel, Anthony Beckman, Nathan Franus, Yeates ConwellAbstract:Objective The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that Future Orientation is associated with lower levels of suicide ideation and lower likelihood of suicide attempt in a sample of patients in treatment for major depression. Methods Two hundred two participants (116 female, 57%) ages 50–88 years were recruited from inpatient and outpatient settings. All were diagnosed with major depression using a structured diagnostic interview. Suicide ideation was assessed with the Scale for Suicide Ideation (both current and worst point ratings), and a measure of Future Orientation was created to assess Future expectancies. The authors predicted that greater Future Orientation would be associated with less current and worst point suicide ideation, and would distinguish current and lifetime suicide attempters from nonattempters. Hypotheses were tested using multivariate logistic regression and linear regression analyses that accounted for age, gender, hopelessness, and depression. Results As hypothesized, higher Future Orientation scores were associated with lower current suicidal ideation, less intense suicidal ideation at its worst point, and lower probability of a history of attempted suicide after accounting for covariates. Future Orientation was not associated with current attempt status. Conclusions Future Orientation holds promise as a cognitive variable associated with decreased suicide risk; a better understanding of its putative protective role is needed. Treatments designed to enhance Future Orientation might decrease suicide risk.
Yeates Conwell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Future Orientation moderates the relationship between functional status and suicide ideation in depressed adults.
Depression and anxiety, 2007Co-Authors: Jameson K Hirsch, Paul R. Duberstein, Kenneth R. Conner, Marnin J. Heisel, Anthony Beckman, Nathan Franus, Yeates ConwellAbstract: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. Language: en
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Future Orientation and Suicide Ideation and Attempts in Depressed Adults Ages 50 and Over
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2006Co-Authors: Jameson K Hirsch, Paul R. Duberstein, Kenneth R. Conner, Marnin J. Heisel, Anthony Beckman, Nathan Franus, Yeates ConwellAbstract:Objective The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that Future Orientation is associated with lower levels of suicide ideation and lower likelihood of suicide attempt in a sample of patients in treatment for major depression. Methods Two hundred two participants (116 female, 57%) ages 50–88 years were recruited from inpatient and outpatient settings. All were diagnosed with major depression using a structured diagnostic interview. Suicide ideation was assessed with the Scale for Suicide Ideation (both current and worst point ratings), and a measure of Future Orientation was created to assess Future expectancies. The authors predicted that greater Future Orientation would be associated with less current and worst point suicide ideation, and would distinguish current and lifetime suicide attempters from nonattempters. Hypotheses were tested using multivariate logistic regression and linear regression analyses that accounted for age, gender, hopelessness, and depression. Results As hypothesized, higher Future Orientation scores were associated with lower current suicidal ideation, less intense suicidal ideation at its worst point, and lower probability of a history of attempted suicide after accounting for covariates. Future Orientation was not associated with current attempt status. Conclusions Future Orientation holds promise as a cognitive variable associated with decreased suicide risk; a better understanding of its putative protective role is needed. Treatments designed to enhance Future Orientation might decrease suicide risk.
Zahava Solomon - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Palestinian Youth of the Intifada: PTSD and Future Orientation
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Tamar Lavi, Zahava SolomonAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective To assess the nature of chronic exposure to terror and its psychological and cognitive toll on Palestinian youths, as is reflected in posttraumatic symptoms, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Method In the summer of 2001, 245 Palestinian and 300 Israeli-Palestinian adolescents in the sixth to ninth grades were assessed with self-report questionnaires that measured level of exposure to terror, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, anger, dissociation, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Results Palestinians experienced significantly more traumatic events than Israeli Palestinians; the groups did not differ, however, in their subjective perception of the threat. Palestinians also reported higher levels of posttraumatic symptoms, more pessimistic Future Orientation, and less favorable attitudes toward peace negotiations than the Israeli Palestinians. The groups did not differ in reported psychological symptoms related to chronic exposure to stress. In both groups, subjective perceptions of the threat were implicated in the pathogenic sequelae of exposure to terror-induced trauma. Conclusions Chronic or repeated exposure to terror may be related to complex posttraumatic symptoms beyond those specified in DSM-IV or ICD-10, including negative personal and national Future Orientation. The role of subjective appraisal deserves professional attention. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 2005;44(11):000-000.
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Israeli Youth in the Second Intifada: PTSD and Future Orientation.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Zahava Solomon, Tamar LaviAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective To examine the relationship between exposure to political violence and posttraumatic symptoms, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Method A total of 740 boys and girls aged 11.5-15 years from Jerusalem, Gilo, and the Jewish settlements in the disputed territories were assessed in the summer of 2001 using an exposure to terror questionnaire, Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index, Children's Future Orientation Scale, and a question regarding the Future of peace talks. Results A substantially higher percentage of youths in the settlements (27.6%) than in Jerusalem (12.4%) or Gilo (11.2%) reported moderate to very severe levels of posttraumatic symptoms. Children's Future Orientation responses were moderately optimistic. About two thirds of the adolescents in the settlements rejected the idea of peace talks at any time, whereas around half of the youths in Jerusalem and Gilo supported the continuation of peace talks. Exposure was related to both PTSD symptoms and attitudes toward peace but not to Future Orientation. Conclusions Our findings present the complex interrelationship of political violence, posttraumatic stress disorder, and attitudes toward peace and raise the need for a combined mental health and peace education intervention to prevent the often overlooked vicious cycle of violence and traumatization.
Tamar Lavi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Palestinian Youth of the Intifada: PTSD and Future Orientation
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Tamar Lavi, Zahava SolomonAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective To assess the nature of chronic exposure to terror and its psychological and cognitive toll on Palestinian youths, as is reflected in posttraumatic symptoms, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Method In the summer of 2001, 245 Palestinian and 300 Israeli-Palestinian adolescents in the sixth to ninth grades were assessed with self-report questionnaires that measured level of exposure to terror, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, anger, dissociation, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Results Palestinians experienced significantly more traumatic events than Israeli Palestinians; the groups did not differ, however, in their subjective perception of the threat. Palestinians also reported higher levels of posttraumatic symptoms, more pessimistic Future Orientation, and less favorable attitudes toward peace negotiations than the Israeli Palestinians. The groups did not differ in reported psychological symptoms related to chronic exposure to stress. In both groups, subjective perceptions of the threat were implicated in the pathogenic sequelae of exposure to terror-induced trauma. Conclusions Chronic or repeated exposure to terror may be related to complex posttraumatic symptoms beyond those specified in DSM-IV or ICD-10, including negative personal and national Future Orientation. The role of subjective appraisal deserves professional attention. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 2005;44(11):000-000.
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Israeli Youth in the Second Intifada: PTSD and Future Orientation.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2005Co-Authors: Zahava Solomon, Tamar LaviAbstract:ABSTRACT Objective To examine the relationship between exposure to political violence and posttraumatic symptoms, Future Orientation, and attitudes toward peace. Method A total of 740 boys and girls aged 11.5-15 years from Jerusalem, Gilo, and the Jewish settlements in the disputed territories were assessed in the summer of 2001 using an exposure to terror questionnaire, Child Posttraumatic Stress Reaction Index, Children's Future Orientation Scale, and a question regarding the Future of peace talks. Results A substantially higher percentage of youths in the settlements (27.6%) than in Jerusalem (12.4%) or Gilo (11.2%) reported moderate to very severe levels of posttraumatic symptoms. Children's Future Orientation responses were moderately optimistic. About two thirds of the adolescents in the settlements rejected the idea of peace talks at any time, whereas around half of the youths in Jerusalem and Gilo supported the continuation of peace talks. Exposure was related to both PTSD symptoms and attitudes toward peace but not to Future Orientation. Conclusions Our findings present the complex interrelationship of political violence, posttraumatic stress disorder, and attitudes toward peace and raise the need for a combined mental health and peace education intervention to prevent the often overlooked vicious cycle of violence and traumatization.
Yiqun Gan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Future Orientation buffers depression in daily and specific stress.
PsyCh journal, 2019Co-Authors: Lei Zheng, Sonia Lippke, Yidi Chen, Yiqun GanAbstract:Future Orientation has been regarded as a protective factor that helps prevent problem behaviors, such as drug and alcohol use, smoking, and unprotected sex. Recently, many studies have focused on the relationship between a person's Orientation towards the Future and his or her depression symptoms; however, relatively few studies have explored the effect of Future Orientation on depressive responses to ordinary stress. The present study aimed to test whether Future Orientation could be a protective factor against depression in ordinary stress contexts. We conducted two studies to test this hypothesis and recruited 369 participants. Study 1 was a cross-sectional study that involved 217 employees from a food-processing company and examined the effect of Future Orientation in a daily stress context. Study 2 tested a hierarchical linear model in which 152 college students from an examination training institution in Beijing completed a five-wave assessment with 3-week intervals before taking the national entrance examination for postgraduate studies. The results showed that Future Orientation moderated the stress-depression relationship in the two samples. The present study provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that Future Orientation helps individuals cope with stress and protects people from depression, suggesting that Future Orientation plays a protective role in the stress-depression relationship.
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Temporal Doppler Effect and Future Orientation: Adaptive Function and Moderating Conditions.
Journal of personality, 2016Co-Authors: Yiqun Gan, Miao Miao, Lei Zheng, Haihua LiuAbstract:The objectives of this study were to examine whether the temporal Doppler effect exists in different time intervals and whether certain individual and environmental factors act as moderators of the effect. Using hierarchical linear modeling, we examined the existence of the temporal Doppler effect and the moderating effect of Future Orientation among 139 university students (Study 1), and then the moderating conditions of the temporal Doppler effect using two independent samples of 143 and 147 university students (Studies 2 and 3). Results indicated that the temporal Doppler effect existed in all of our studies, and that Future Orientation moderated the temporal Doppler effect. Further, time interval perception mediated the relationship between Future Orientation and the motivation to cope at long time intervals. Finally, positive affect was found to enhance the temporal Doppler effect, whereas control deprivation did not influence the effect. The temporal Doppler effect is moderated by the personality trait of Future Orientation and by the situational variable of experimentally manipulated positive affect. We have identified personality and environmental processes that could enhance the temporal Doppler effect, which could be valuable in cases where attention to a Future task is necessary.
