A Psychometric Investigation of the Suicide Status Form II with a Psychiatric Inpatient Sample
- 1 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Vol. 39 (3), 307-320
- https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.3.307
Abstract
We investigated the psychometric validity and reliability of the Suicide Status Form-II (SSF-II) developed by Jobes, Jacoby, Cimbolic, and Hustead (1997). Participants were 149 psychiatric inpatients (108 suicidal; 41 nonsuicidal) at the Mayo Clinic. Each participant completed assessment measures within 24 hours of admission and 48-72 hours later. Factor analyses of the SSF core assessment produced a robust two-factor solution reflecting chronic and acute response styles. The SSF core assessment had good to excellent convergent and criterion validity; pre-post SSF ratings also demonstrated moderate test-retest reliability. The results replicated previous research and show that the SSF-II is psychometrically sound with a high-risk suicidal inpatient sample.Keywords
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