Table 2 Internal consistency of item-dimension scores of the future disposition inventory-24

 1. I expect things to turn out better.

4.08±1.14

.809

 2. I plan to work harder to make things better.

4.03±1.11

.828

 5. I plan to deal better with most of the setbacks.

3.61±1.19

.747

 7. I expect to enjoy the results or outcomes of all my hard work.

3.90±1.17

.794

 10. I remain determined to deal better with demands on me.

3.84±1.13

.823

 11. I expect to be happier and more content with my life.

3.99±1.12

.822

 13. I plan to look at the positive side of my life.

3.74±1.12

.783

 15 I intend to succeed in working through most personal problems.

3.77±1.16

.741

 3. I think that by ending my life, all problems will go away.

1.63±1.14

.737

 6. I think life is not worth living.

1.58±1.08

.830

 8. I think things will get better if I were dead.

1.51±1.03

.865

 9. I think people would be better off without me.

1.57±1.12

.798

 17. I sometimes wish I were dead.

1.52±1.06

.873

 18. I think I would be better off dead.

1.45±1.03

.884

 22. I wish I could succeed at attempts to kill myself.

1.42±0.98

.816

 23. I have nothing to lose by ending my life.

1.48±1.05

.808

 4. I worry that things will never go well.

1.76±1.10

.665

 12. I get confused and uncertain.

2.49±1.15

.853

 14. I doubt whether things will ever get better.

2.39±1.14

.697

 16. I have a hard time imagining that things will ever get better for me.

1.80±1.13

.691

 19. I wonder whether I would ever be satisfied.

2.34±1.20

.629

 20. I fear that I will run into more difficulties.

2.16±1.14

.762

 21. All I can see ahead of me are hardships.

1.68±1.03

.730

 24. I often doubt whether I will ever have control.

1.86±1.15

.765