The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study
Reduced positive future thinking has been associated with suicidal ideation and behavior in adults, and appears to be exacerbated by negative affect. Yet, this has received little attention in youth. Prior research has also focused on longer-term future thinking, e.g., months and years, and relied o...
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| author | Olivia J. Kirtley Olivia J. Kirtley Olivia J. Kirtley Ginette Lafit Ginette Lafit Thomas Vaessen Thomas Vaessen Jeroen Decoster Catherine Derom Catherine Derom Sinan Gülöksüz Sinan Gülöksüz Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Nele Jacobs Nele Jacobs Claudia Menne-Lothmann Bart P. F. Rutten Evert Thiery Jim van Os Jim van Os Jim van Os Ruud van Winkel Ruud van Winkel Marieke Wichers Inez Myin-Germeys Inez Myin-Germeys Inez Myin-Germeys |
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| description | Reduced positive future thinking has been associated with suicidal ideation and behavior in adults, and appears to be exacerbated by negative affect. Yet, this has received little attention in youth. Prior research has also focused on longer-term future thinking, e.g., months and years, and relied on lab-based assessments. Using the experience sampling method (ESM), we investigated whether short-term future thinking in daily life was associated with suicidal ideation in youth and explored the role of affect in the future thinking–suicidal ideation relationship. A community sample of N = 722 adolescent twins and their non-twin siblings completed ESM as part of the TwinssCan study (n = 55 with, and n = 667 without, past-week suicidal ideation). Participants completed self-report questionnaires, including on past-week suicidal ideation as part of the SCL-90. Subsequently, daily future thinking was assessed each morning for six days with ESM. To investigate the relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation, we estimated a mixed-effects linear regression model with a random intercept for participant, including age and sex as covariates. The relationship between daily positive future thinking, past-week suicidal ideation, and average positive and negative affect from the previous day was investigated by estimating two separate mixed-effects linear regression models (one for negative affect, one for positive affect), with a random intercept for participant, and random slopes for average positive and negative affect. Our results showed that participants reporting higher past-week suicidal ideation also reported significantly less daily positive future thinking during the ESM period, and this association remained significant when controlling for previous-day average positive and negative affect. Higher average positive affect from the previous day was significantly associated with higher positive future thinking. Although average negative affect from the previous day was associated with lower positive future thinking, this association was not statistically significant. Our findings indicate that short-term future thinking relates to suicidal ideation among a non-clinical sample of adolescents. Future research should investigate the directionality of the future thinking–suicidal ideation relationship, in order to investigate whether impaired future thinking may be an early warning signal for escalating suicidal ideation in youth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a75e5cd01ad242adb80ce7d9a8618d7c2022-12-22T02:00:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-09-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.915007915007The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling studyOlivia J. Kirtley0Olivia J. Kirtley1Olivia J. Kirtley2Ginette Lafit3Ginette Lafit4Thomas Vaessen5Thomas Vaessen6Jeroen Decoster7Catherine Derom8Catherine Derom9Sinan Gülöksüz10Sinan Gülöksüz11Marc De Hert12Marc De Hert13Marc De Hert14Marc De Hert15Nele Jacobs16Nele Jacobs17Claudia Menne-Lothmann18Bart P. F. Rutten19Evert Thiery20Jim van Os21Jim van Os22Jim van Os23Ruud van Winkel24Ruud van Winkel25Marieke Wichers26Inez Myin-Germeys27Inez Myin-Germeys28Inez Myin-Germeys29Department of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumLeuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumLeuven Child and Youth Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumResearch Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Psychology, Health, and Technology, Center for eHealth and Well-being Research, University of Twente, Enschede, NetherlandsPsychiatric Care Sint-Kamillus, Bierbeek, BelgiumDepartment of Human Genetics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, BelgiumDepartment of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands0Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United StatesLeuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium1University Psychiatric Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium2Department of Neurosciences, Centre for Clinical Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium3Antwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium4Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, South Limburg Mental Health and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands5Faculty of Psychology, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, Netherlands4Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, South Limburg Mental Health and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NetherlandsDepartment of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands6Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium4Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, South Limburg Mental Health and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands7Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands8Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s Health Partners, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom1University Psychiatric Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium2Department of Neurosciences, Centre for Clinical Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium9Interdisciplinary Center Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumLeuven Brain Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumLeuven Child and Youth Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumReduced positive future thinking has been associated with suicidal ideation and behavior in adults, and appears to be exacerbated by negative affect. Yet, this has received little attention in youth. Prior research has also focused on longer-term future thinking, e.g., months and years, and relied on lab-based assessments. Using the experience sampling method (ESM), we investigated whether short-term future thinking in daily life was associated with suicidal ideation in youth and explored the role of affect in the future thinking–suicidal ideation relationship. A community sample of N = 722 adolescent twins and their non-twin siblings completed ESM as part of the TwinssCan study (n = 55 with, and n = 667 without, past-week suicidal ideation). Participants completed self-report questionnaires, including on past-week suicidal ideation as part of the SCL-90. Subsequently, daily future thinking was assessed each morning for six days with ESM. To investigate the relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation, we estimated a mixed-effects linear regression model with a random intercept for participant, including age and sex as covariates. The relationship between daily positive future thinking, past-week suicidal ideation, and average positive and negative affect from the previous day was investigated by estimating two separate mixed-effects linear regression models (one for negative affect, one for positive affect), with a random intercept for participant, and random slopes for average positive and negative affect. Our results showed that participants reporting higher past-week suicidal ideation also reported significantly less daily positive future thinking during the ESM period, and this association remained significant when controlling for previous-day average positive and negative affect. Higher average positive affect from the previous day was significantly associated with higher positive future thinking. Although average negative affect from the previous day was associated with lower positive future thinking, this association was not statistically significant. Our findings indicate that short-term future thinking relates to suicidal ideation among a non-clinical sample of adolescents. Future research should investigate the directionality of the future thinking–suicidal ideation relationship, in order to investigate whether impaired future thinking may be an early warning signal for escalating suicidal ideation in youth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915007/fullsuicidal ideationfuture thinkingexperience sampling methodyouthgeneral population |
| spellingShingle | Olivia J. Kirtley Olivia J. Kirtley Olivia J. Kirtley Ginette Lafit Ginette Lafit Thomas Vaessen Thomas Vaessen Jeroen Decoster Catherine Derom Catherine Derom Sinan Gülöksüz Sinan Gülöksüz Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Nele Jacobs Nele Jacobs Claudia Menne-Lothmann Bart P. F. Rutten Evert Thiery Jim van Os Jim van Os Jim van Os Ruud van Winkel Ruud van Winkel Marieke Wichers Inez Myin-Germeys Inez Myin-Germeys Inez Myin-Germeys The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study Frontiers in Psychiatry suicidal ideation future thinking experience sampling method youth general population |
| title | The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study |
| title_full | The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study |
| title_short | The relationship between daily positive future thinking and past-week suicidal ideation in youth: An experience sampling study |
| title_sort | relationship between daily positive future thinking and past week suicidal ideation in youth an experience sampling study |
| topic | suicidal ideation future thinking experience sampling method youth general population |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.915007/full |
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