Construcción y evaluación psicométrica de una escala para pesquisar factores vinculados al comportamiento suicida en adolescentes chilenos

Alfonso Urzúa M.; Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar

doi:10.11144/javeriana.upsy10-3.cepe

Construcción y evaluación psicométrica de una escala para pesquisar factores vinculados al comportamiento suicida en adolescentes chilenos

Translated title of the contribution: Construction and psychometric assessment of a scale designed to examine factors linkes to suicidal behavior in chilean adolescents

Alfonso Urzúa M.
, Alejandra Caqueo-Urízar

Institute of Higher Research

Universidad Católica del Norte

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It is assessed the properties of an instrument to detect risk factors for the attempt of committing suicide in 500 students attending high school (mean age 16.5 years). Proposed four-factor solution (suicidal behavior, satisfaction, sense of life, and negative affection) accounts for a 58 % of the variance. Internal consistency for the factors and for the total scale is good (Cronbach's Alpha is 0.95 for the total scale). Regression analyses suggest that the best predictive variable for the "attempt-of-committing-suicide" behavior corresponds to suicidal behaviors (suicidal ideation and planning). The scale shows suitable psychometric properties to assess the risk for the attempt of committing suicide, differentiating between those who have made attempts of committing suicide and those who do not.

Translated title of the contribution	Construction and psychometric assessment of a scale designed to examine factors linkes to suicidal behavior in chilean adolescents
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	721-734
Number of pages	14
Journal	Universitas Psychologica
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy10-3.cepe
State	Published - 2011

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