The factorial structure of the Suicide Intent Scale: A comparative study in clinical samples from 11 European regions

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-79

  Antretter, Elfi ^a   Dunkel, D ^a   Haring, C ^a   Corcoran, P ^b   De Leo, D ^c   Fekete, S ^d   Hawton, K ^e   Kerkhof, A J F M ^f   Lonnqvist J ^g   Salander Renberg, E ^h   Schmidtke, A ⁱ   Van Heeringen, K ^j   Wasserman, D ^k  

^a Unit for Clinical Research and Evaluation   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^j GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^k STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Factor analysis; Non fatal suicidal behavior; Procrustes rotation; Suicide Intent Scale (SIS); WHO EURO multicenter study on suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOGONAL ROTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE INTENT SCALE; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 49049104457     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.231     Document Type: Article

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