Dimensionality, psychometric properties and population-based norms of the German version of the Revised Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale (ACSS-FAD)

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 238, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-52

  Spangenberg, Lena ^a   Hallensleben, Nina ^a   Friedrich, Michael ^a   Teismann, Tobias ^b   Kapusta, Nestor D ^c   Glaesmer, Heide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fearlessness about death; Interpersonal theory of suicide; Norms; Representative sample; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CAPABILITY FOR SUICIDE SCALE FEARLESSNESS ABOUT DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANIC PEOPLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL NORM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; AGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960890387     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.01.052     Document Type: Article

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