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Abstract
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OBJECTIVE To develop a suicide ideation scale for Chinese military.
METHODS Based on the analysis of literatures and the established ideation scale, the theory structure of suicide ideation scale was constructed and a scale was developed regarding to the results of specialists evaluation.Then 900 soldiers including navy, army and air force were picked out randomly as samples from a military region.The data Was submitted to factor analysis and to test the reliability and validity of the scale.
RESULTS The whole suicide ideation scale Was constitute of three factors, such as despair, depression and optimism.Correlation coefficient between each factor and the total score ranged from 0.679 to 0.913,Correlation coefficient between the scale and Suicidal Possibility Scale Was 0.620,the coefficient of stability was 0.904.the Cronbaeh α of each factor ranged from 0.750～0.894.
CONCLUSION The scale proves to be applicable to Chinese military in evaluating their suicidal ideation.
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