Citation

Galarza AL, Fernández-Liporace M, Castaneiras C, Freiberg-Hoffmann A. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnostico y Evaluacion Psicologica 2019; 51(2): 135-147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019)

DOI

10.21865/RIDEP51.2.10

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Inventory of Suicide Orientation ISO-30 is one of the most widely employed scales in Argentina. This paper aims to analyse the psychometric features of the scale in a sample of adolescent students and young college students from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires. The study entailed two phases. The exploratory phase took into account 821 cases (62.5% female, 37.5% male; Mage=16.40; DS=1.09) and carried out evidences of content validity analyses and an exploratory factor analysis. The confirmatory phase included 297 adolescents and young adults (all students, 67% female, 33% male; Mage=16.78; DS=2.02). A confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency analyses were conducted. Furthermore, the dimensional model obtained was compared to the previous model.

RESULTS allowed to present a shorter version of the scale, ISO-19 which, despite of its differences with the original version, ISO-30 showed adequate psychometric evidences which support and justify its applicability. © 2019 AIDEP. All rights reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

Young adults; Adolescents; Suicide risk; Psychometrics; Psychological assessment