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  • Title: Optimism/pessimism and future orientation as predictors of suicidal ideation: Are there ethnic differences?
    Author: Yu EA, Chang EC.
    Journal: Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol; 2016 Oct; 22(4):572-579. PubMed ID: 27148750.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The present study sought to test the generalizability of Chang et al.'s (2013) model, which suggests that optimism/pessimism and future orientation function as additive and interactive predictors of suicidal risk, to specific ethnic minority college student groups (i.e., Asian Americans, African Americans, and Latino Americans). METHOD: The present study used Chang et al.'s (2013) model to predict suicidal ideation among 81 (34 male and 47 female) Asian-American, 71 (22 male and 49 female) African-American adults, and 83 (34 male and 49 female) Latino-American college students. RESULTS: Our results indicated that this model did not predict suicidal ideation well for Asian-American college students; however, it did work well to predict suicidal ideation for African-American and Latino-American college students. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that optimism/pessimism and future orientation are important positive cognitions involved with suicidal ideation for African-American and Latino-American college students. Further research is needed to better understand the cultural underpinnings of how these positive cognitions work to predict suicide-related outcomes. (PsycINFO Database Record
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