TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Dimensionality of thoughts of death and suicide: Evidence from a study of homeless adolescents
JO  - Social indicators research
A1  - Yoder, K.A.
A1  - Whitbeck, L.B.
A1  - Hoyt, D.R.
SP  - 83
EP  - 100
VL  - 86
IS  - 1
N2  - This study used data from a sample of 444 homeless adolescents to determine whether thoughts of death and suicide form one construct (unidimensionality) or two distinct but correlated constructs (multi-dimensionality). Thoughts of death and suicide were common in the sample; over two-thirds of the adolescents positively endorsed at least one of the eight death- or suicide-related items. Evidence regarding dimensionality was mixed. Exploratory factor analysis results and similarity coefficients supported one construct; confirmatory factor analysis and external consistency results provided evidence for two constructs. The results were reconciled by considering suicidality as a continuum from thoughts of death to suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and completed suicide. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0303-8300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-007-9095-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -