The goals of this study were to determine (a) whether total RFL simultaneously mediates the relation between risk factors (hopelessness and depressive symptoms) and both suicidal ideation and attempt, and (b) whether specific categories of RFL uniquely mediate the relation between risk factors and suicide ideation and attempt. This study is the first, to our knowledge, to examine specific categories of RFL as simultaneous mediators of the relations between key risk factors (depressive symptoms and hopelessness) and suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts.