TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - The Brief Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (BRFL-A)
JO  - Journal of abnormal child psychology
A1  - Osman, A.
A1  - Kopper, B. A.
A1  - Barrios, Francisco X.
A1  - Osman, J. R.
A1  - Besett, T.
A1  - Linehan, M. M.
SP  - 433
EP  - 443
VL  - 24
IS  - 4
N2  - This study modified and evaluated the psychometric properties of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) in samples of adolescents. Internal consistency reliability, corrected item-total scale correlation, and exploratory factor analysis procedures were used with a mixed sample of 260 adolescents to identify 14 items for the brief version of the RFL (BRFL-A). Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the five-factor oblique structure of the BRFL-A in a psychiatric inpatient sample with a range of suicidal behaviors. Reliabilities of the BRFL-A subscales were satisfactory. Four of the five subscales differentiated between suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Significant correlations were found between three BRFL-A subscales and several suicide indices. Convergent-discriminant validity was examined by correlating the BRFL-A subscales with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) Content Scales. Limitations of the study are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0627
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -