@article{ref1,
title="The validity of proxy-based NEO-Five Factor Inventory data in suicide research: A study of 18- to 64-year-old Hong Kong Chinese who attempted suicide",
journal="East Asian archives of psychiatry",
year="2011",
author="Chan, S. S. M. and Wong, C. S. M. and Chiu, H. F. K.",
volume="21",
number="2",
pages="58-63",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity of proxy-based NEO-Five Factor Inventory ratings for 18- to 64-year-old Chinese who attempted suicide. METHODS: In all, 71 suicide attempters and their proxy-informants were recruited. Data based on structured interviews with the proxy respondents were compared with data obtained from interviews of the subjects themselves. RESULTS: For the 71 subject-proxy pairs, the overall correlations were fair to moderate (r = 0.30-0.45; p < 0.05) in all domains, except openness-to-experience. Informants with lower education levels tended to yield data that correlated less strongly with subjects' self-reports. Spousal ratings and self-reports correlated significantly in all domains, except extraversion (r = 0.42-0.63; p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The results supported proxy-based data on NEO-Five Factor Inventory in research of suicidal behaviour in this age-group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2078-9947",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}