TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - An empirical taxonomy of social-psychological risk indicators in youth suicide 
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Hyde, Toni
A1  - Kirkland, John
A1  - Bimler, David
A1  - Pechtel, Pia
SP  - 436
EP  - 447
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - The current study integrates descriptive (though primarily social-psychological) statements about youth suicide into a coherent, empirically supported taxonomy. Drawing from relevant literature, a set of 107 items characterizing these contributions about youth suicide was created. Seventy-two participants sorted these statements according to their "face-value" by following two separate procedures. Analyses of these two data sets using multi-dimensional scaling resulted in a common "map" depicting inter-item (dis)similarities. Non-arbitrary rotation of this map revealed three bipolar and orthogonal dimensions labelled as under- and overengagement, rejection-turmoil, and self- to death-identification. It is suggested this dimensional analysis could provide a viable frame for examining and interpreting descriptions about suicide risk and may serve to extend theoretical accounts.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.436
ID  - ref1
ER  -