Citation

Bryan CJ, Oakey DN, Harris JA. Cognit. Ther. Res. 2018; 42(6): 758-768.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10608-018-9932-7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Reasons for living are associated with reduced suicide risk, but have not received much empirical attention among U.S. military personnel, a population with elevated suicide risk. The present study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Brief Reasons for Living Inventory (BRFLI) in a clinical sample of 97 treatment-seeking Army personnel with recent suicide ideation and/or a history of suicide attempts.

RESULTS supported a five-factor structure for the BRFLI. Each factor had good internal consistency (ω's > 0.94) and demonstrated convergent and divergent validity. Survival and coping beliefs and responsibility to family subscale scores were negatively correlated with recent suicidal thinking. Responsibility to family subscale scores were associated with significantly reduced risk of suicide attempts during follow-up. BRFLI subscale scores showed little to no clinical responsivity following intervention.

RESULTS suggest survival and coping beliefs and responsibility to family may be protective for high-risk military personnel. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Language: en

Keywords

United States; adult; human; Suicide; female; male; survival; suicidal ideation; depression; Military; Protective factors; suicide attempt; posttraumatic stress disorder; Reasons for living; hopelessness; major clinical study; army; coping behavior; follow up; reliability; Beck Depression Inventory; Article; help seeking behavior; Beck Hopelessness Scale; medical history; predictive validity; internal consistency; discriminant validity; convergent validity; mental disease assessment; Brief Reasons for Living Inventory; social responsibility