Citation

Chu J, Hoeflein B, Goldblum P, Espelage DL, Davis J, Bongar B. Arch. Suicide Res. 2017; 22(4): 679-687.

Affiliation

Palo Alto University , Palo Alto , CA , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2017.1413469

PMID

29281563

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to establish a shortened version of the Cultural Assessment of Risk for Suicide (CARS) measure that can be more widely utilized under time constraints in clinical and applied settings.

METHODS: Based on a sample of 485 adults, confirmatory factor analysis, bivariate correlations, and Receiver-Operating Characteristic analyses were employed to determine the most psychometrically valid shortened version.

RESULTS: The 14-item, 8-factor CARS screener (CARS-S) evidenced high reliability, high correlation with the original full version of the CARS questionnaire, and high convergent validity with measures of other suicide-related constructs of depression, hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and lifetime suicide attempts. The suggested clinical cut-off is 38.5.

CONCLUSIONS: The shortened CARS-S offers a time-efficient assessment of cultural suicide risk factors.

Language: en

Keywords

assessment; culture; diversity; screener; suicide