Abstract
Objective: To develop an assessment of suicide scale based on suicidal ideation, intention and attempts for adolescents.
Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study.
Place and Duration: Department of Psychology, University of Gujrat from December 10th 2017 to 25th May 2018.
Methodology: The item pool of 78 items was generated with the help of literature review and interviews with target population.
Among the 55 expert evaluated items after pilot study 52 items were retained which include the dimensions of suicide including
ideation, intention and attempts. Additionally, in the final administration of this scale data was collected from 370 adolescents using
self-reported questionnaire. The exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and reliability were used for data analysis.
Results: The final administration of 52 items was handed over to 370 participants. The model fit showed a P-value of .00 that
established the structure validity and significance of the items to its subscales. At the final stage among the 52 items 25 were
reliable.
Conclusion: A suicidality assessment on suicidal ideation, intention and attempts for adolescents is efficiently developed with 25
questions and three sub-scales.
Zaqia Bano, Iram Naz, Hajrah Aslam. (2019) Suicidality scale: Suicidal ideation, intention and attempts as a risk factor in adolescents, Isra Medical Journal, Volume 11, Issue 4 (Part-B).
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