Citation

Abdel-Khalek AM, Lester D. Arch. Suicide Res. 2007; 11(3): 309-319.

Affiliation

Ahmed Abdel-Khalek, Kuwait University, Kuwait.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811110600896236

PMID

17558616

Abstract

In samples of Kuwaiti (n = 460) and American (n = 273) college students, the Reynolds Suicide Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) proved to have good internal consistency and concurrent validity with measures of anxiety, optimism, pessimism, death obsession, obsession-compulsion, and ego-grasping. The SIQ was factorially complex in both samples, but the eight critical items showed a similar two-factor pattern in both samples. It is important to note that in spite of the great differences between Kuwait and US students and their cultures, the findings were quite similar. By and large, the psychological correlates of the SIQ may have cross-cultural generality.

Language: en