Citation

Zhang J, Brown GK. Arch. Suicide Res. 2007; 11(2): 203-210.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, State University of New York College at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY. USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110600894652

PMID

17453698

PMCID

PMC3210860

Abstract

The Chinese version of Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI; Beck, Kovacs, & Weissman, 1979) was examined with high school students (n = 292) in rural China. Results indicated that the SSI had high internal reliability and high item-total correlations. The SSI was highly correlated with measures of trait anxiety, hopelessness, and favorable attitude towards suicide. These findings indicated that the Chinese version of the SSI has excellent psychometric properties for measuring suicidal ideation in Chinese populations.

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