TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - 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
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Voracek, Martin
A1  - Loibl, Lisa Mariella
A1  - Swami, Viren
A1  - Vintilă, Mona
A1  - Kolves, Kairi
A1  - Sinniah, Dhachayani
A1  - Pillai, Subash Kumar
A1  - Ponnusamy, Subramaniam
A1  - Sonneck, Gernot
A1  - Furnham, Adrian
A1  - Lester, David
SP  - 688
EP  - 698
VL  - 38
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.688
ID  - ref1
ER  -