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Suicide Cognitions Scale: Psychometric Support in a Community Sample Using Bifactor Modeling and Altered Item Content.
- Source :
- Assessment; Mar2023, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p302-315, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The Suicide Cognitions Scale (SCS) measures suicide-related beliefs proposed by the Fluid Vulnerability Theory. A recent investigation of a revised version of the SCS (i.e., SCS-R) which omits items explicitly referencing suicide has indicated that the measure is highly influenced by a general factor and may be useful for distinguishing severity levels of suicidal thoughts and behaviors; however, limited concurrent validity studies with a range of suicide-related experiences have been conducted. As such, this study replicated and extended previous psychometric research on the SCS-R in an online survey study with a community sample of N = 10,625 U.S. adults. Results confirmed the unidimensional structure of the SCS-R. Logistic regression analyses indicated that the total score of the SCS-R is useful in distinguishing varying levels of suicidal thoughts and behaviors such as past-month planning for suicide without attempt versus past-month suicide attempt. Implications and limitations are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10731911
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 161687221
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211050894