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Measuring attitudes towards suicide: Preliminary evaluation of an attitude towards suicide scale.
Cwik, Jan Christopher; Till, Benedikt; Bieda, Angela; Blackwell, Simon E; Walter, Carolin; Teismann, Tobias.
Afiliação
  • Cwik JC; Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: jan.cwik@rub.de.
  • Till B; Suicide Research Unit, Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
  • Bieda A; Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
  • Blackwell SE; Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany; MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK.
  • Walter C; Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
  • Teismann T; Mental Health Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
Compr Psychiatry ; 72: 56-65, 2017 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27744108
OBJECTIVES: Our study aimed to validate a previously published scale assessing attitudes towards suicide. Factor structure, convergent and discriminant validity, and predictive validity were investigated. METHOD: Adult German participants (N=503; mean age=24.74years; age range=18-67years) anonymously completed a set of questionnaires. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted, and incongruous items were deleted. Subsequently, scale properties of the reduced scale and its construct validity were analyzed. A confirmatory factor analysis was then conducted in an independent sample (N=266; mean age=28.77years; age range=18-88years) to further confirm the factor structure of the questionnaire. RESULTS: Parallel analysis indicated a three-factor solution, which was also supported by confirmatory factor analysis: right to commit suicide, interpersonal gesture and resilience. The subscales demonstrated acceptable construct and discriminant validity. Cronbach's α for the subscales ranged from 0.67 to 0.83, explaining 49.70% of the total variance. CONCLUSIONS: Positive attitudes towards suicide proved to be predictive of suicide risk status, providing preliminary evidence for the utility of the scale. Future studies aiming to reproduce the factor structure in a more heterogeneous sample are warranted.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Suicídio / Atitude / Inquéritos e Questionários Tipo de estudo: Evaluation_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Suicídio / Atitude / Inquéritos e Questionários Tipo de estudo: Evaluation_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article