Citation

Osman A, Bagge CL, Gutierrez PM, Konick LC, Kopper BA, Barrios FX. Assessment 2001; 8(4): 443-454.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614-0505, USA. augustine.osman@uni.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11785588

Abstract

Past suicidal behaviors including ideation and attempts have been identified as significant risk factors for subsequent suicidal behavior. However, inadequate attention has been given to the development or validation of measures of past suicidal behavior. The present study examined the reliability and validity of a brief self-report measure of past suicidal behavior, the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). Participants included psychiatric inpatient adolescents, high school students, psychiatric inpatient adults, and undergraduates. Logistic regression analyses provided empirical support for the usefulness of the SBQ-R as a risk measure of suicide to differentiate between suicide-risk and nonsuicidal study participants. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses indicated that the most useful cutoff scores on the SBQ-R were 7 for nonsuicidal samples, and 8 for clinical samples. Both the single SBQ-R Item 1 and SBQ-R total scores are recommended for use in clinical and nonclinical settings.

Language: en