Citation

Galarza A, Fernández-Liporace M, Castaneiras C, Freiberg-Hoffmann A. Revista de Psicopatologia y Psicologia Clinica 2021; 26(3): 203-216.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021)

DOI

10.5944/rppc.28625

PMID

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Abstract

Suicidal behavior in adolescents and youth has become a public health issue which requires improving the available scales in order to enable the early detection of risk cases. Therefore, for this purpose, this study presents the design and psychometric analysis of the Argentinean Scale of Suicidality for Adolescents (EASA-I by its Spanish acronym) Screening. It measures a specific dimension of suicidal ideation and five risk factors: Low self-esteem, negative perspective of the future, low emotion regulation, difficulties in problem-solving and lack of social support. This study was aimed at analyzing content construct and face validity, as well as convergent and discriminant validity evidence with external measures. Internal consistency of the scores was also examined. The sample was composed of 291 adolescents and young adults.

RESULTS suggest that the EASA-I constitutes a short and simple scale with adequate psychometric properties suitable to be used in different areas of application and research. © 2021 Asoc. Espanola de Psicologia Clinica y Psicopatologia. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Adolescents; Youth; Suicide risk; Screening; Multidimensional assessment