Procrastination and suicide proneness: A moderated-mediation model for cognitive schemas and gender. Issue 6 (2nd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Klibert, Jeffrey; LeLeux-LaBarge, Kayla; Tarantino, Nicholas; Yancey, Thresa; Lamis, Dorian A.
• Is Part Of: Death studies. Volume 40:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 350
• Page End: 357
• Publication Date: 2016-07-02
• Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2016.1141262
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1187

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study examined the direct and indirect paths between procrastination and suicide proneness while considering gender differences. Participants included 547 undergraduates from a southeastern university. Procrastination was positively related to suicide proneness for both genders, although this relation was stronger for women. Moderated-mediation analyses with bootstrapping highlighted insufficient self-control schemas as a mediator in the relation between procrastination and suicide proneness. However, indirect pathways did not vary by gender. Results represent an extension of the Procrastination-Health Model by highlighting the contribution of cognitive factors in explaining the relation between procrastination and suicide proneness.