Fearlessness about death: The psychometric properties and construct validity of the revision to the acquired capability for suicide scale

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-126

  Ribeiro, Jessica D ^a   Witte, Tracy K ^b   Van Orden, Kimberly A ^c   Selby, Edward A ^d   Gordon, Kathryn H ^e   Bender, Theodore W ^a   Joiner, Thomas E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired capability for suicide; Fearlessness about death; Interpersonal theory of suicide; Suicidal behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CAPABILITY FOR SUICIDE SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEATH; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEARLESSNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEAR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896728019     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034858     Document Type: Article

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