APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
Episodic Future Thinking Is Malleable in Adolescents and May be Viable Future Treatment Target for Suicidality
- Pauline Goger
Teachers College, Columbia University - Rachel Nam
Teachers College, Columbia University - Nathan Lowry
Teachers College, Columbia University - Neha Parvez
Teachers College, Columbia University - Olivia Pollak
Teachers College, Columbia University - Donald Robinaugh
Northeastern University - Daniel Schacter
Harvard University - Christine Cha
Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
Episodic future thinking- the ability to imagine detailed, personal, and future-oriented events-was malleable in adolescents, as they were able to produce more episodic details after a brief specificity induction. This malleability did not differ based on suicide history, but greater anxiety and depression were associated with lower increases.
Suicide