@article{ref1,
title="The Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS): Cross-Cultural Validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2008",
author="Voracek, Martin and Loibl, Lisa Mariella and Swami, Viren and Vintilă, Mona and Kolves, Kairi and Sinniah, Dhachayani and Pillai, Subash Kumar and Ponnusamy, Subramaniam and Sonneck, Gernot and Furnham, Adrian and Lester, David",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="688-698",
abstract="The genetics of suicide is increasingly recognized and relevant for mental health literacy, but actual beliefs may lag behind current knowledge. We examined such beliefs in student samples (total N = 686) from Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States with the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale. Cultural effects were small, those of key demographics nil. Several facets of construct validity were demonstrated. Marked differences in perceived plausibility of evidence about the genetics of suicide according to research design, observed in all samples, may be of general interest for investigating lay theories of abnormal behavior and communicating behavioral and psychiatric genetic research findings.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.688",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.688"
}