Evaluating the psychometric properties of the interpersonal needs questionnaire and the acquired capability for suicide scale in military veterans

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1684-1694

  Gutierrez, Peter M ^a,b   Pease, James ^a,b   Matarazzo, Bridget B ^a,b   Monteith, Lindsey L ^a,b   Hernandez, Theresa ^a,c   Osman, Augustine ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired capability for suicide scale; Interpersonal needs questionnaire; Psychometrics; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CAPABILITY FOR SUICIDE SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL NEEDS QUESTIONNAIRE; INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY OF SUICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; VETERANS HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961262888     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000310     Document Type: Article

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