A Validation Study of the Suicide Probability Scale for Adolescents (SPS-A).
- Author:
Hyo Jin GO
1
;
Dai Jin KIM
;
Heung Pyo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Validation Studies
- Keywords:
Suicide probability scale;
Adolescent;
Reliability;
Validity
- MeSH:
Adolescent*;
Adult;
Depression;
Diagnostic Self Evaluation;
Hostility;
Humans;
Reproducibility of Results;
Suicide*;
Weights and Measures
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2000;39(4):680-690
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to develope the Suicide Probability Scale for Adolescent (SPS-A) to evaluate the possibility of suicide behavior in adolescents. METHODS: SPS-A was adminstered to 792 middle and high school students for examining the reliability and validity. RESULTS: SPS-A was found to have significantly high internal consistency and total -subscale score correlations. Factor analysis yielded four factors of negative self-evaluation, hopelessness, suicide idea and hostility, which explained 53.28% of total variables. In the assessment of correlations with other suicide-related scales for the concurrent validity of SPS-A, Rosenberg self-esteem scale and Buss-Durkee hostility scale have significant correlations with SPS-A. However, Children's depression inventory and Hopelessness scale for adolescent did not have significant correlations with SPS-A. CONCLUSION: We concluded that SPS-A had high reliability and validity, which is usefull for evaluating suicide idea in adolescents. This study suggests that hopelessness and depressive symptoms are not for evaluating suicide risk in adolescents, unlike adult group.
