Citation

Lee HJ, Shin MS, Ko HJ, Kwak YS. J. Korean Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry 2014; 163-170.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

DOI

10.5765/jkacap.2014.25.3.163

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted in order to develop the Korean version of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (KRFL-A) and to investigate the reliability and validity of the KRFL-A.

METHODS: The KRFL-A, Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) and Adolescent Suicide Questionnaire (ASQ) were administered to 720 first grade high school students. We examined the test-retest reliability, internal consistency of KRFL-A, and performed factor analysis. We also evaluated the correlation between KRFL-A and other scales, and the discrimination validity of KRFL-A between suicide attempt and non-attempt groups.

RESULTS: Test-retest reliability, item-total correlation and internal consistency were all reliable. From factor analysis, three factors were extracted. The KRFL-A showed negative correlation with SSI and BHS scales. In addition, it could discriminate the suicide attempter group from the non-attempter group.

CONCLUSION: The Korean version of the Reasons for Living Inventory was found to be reliable and valid for use in assessing the risk of suicide in adolescents.

Language: ko

Keywords

Reliability; Validity; KRFL-A