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Different time perspectives correspond to different worldviews; some of them have been shown to be more strongly linked to wellbeing, and some – less. In this study we aimed to find out how these time perspectives are connected with attitudes toward life and death
in young people after recent suicidal attempt. 32 people (age 18-25, 13 men, 19 women)after recent suicidal attempt (self-poisoning, 2-14 days) were asked to fill in the questionnaires: Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), Hardiness survey (Maddy), Death Attitude Profile-Revised (DAP-R; Wong, Reker, Gesser), Fear of Personal Death Scale
(FPDS; Florian, Kravetz) and Depression Scale (Beck). Past Negative time perspective occurred to be positively correlated with attitude toward death characterized by Escape Acceptance (death as a relief from sufferings of
life; DAP-R) and Depression, negatively
correlated with fear of transcendental
consequences of death (death as unknown;
FPDS) and all dimensions of Hardiness Sur
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