Suicidal Communication Scale: Development and psychometric analysis in a sample of Peruvian adolescents
Escala de Comunicación Suicida: Desarrollo y análisis psicométrico en una muestra de adolescentes peruanos
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https://doi.org/10.5944/rppc.37732Keywords:
Suicide, suicidal communication, suicidal ideation, validity, adolescentsAbstract
Suicide is a public health problem that affects adults and young people. Communicating suicidal thoughts contributes to suicide prevention. The objective of this research was to develop the Suicidal Communication Scale. A sample of 308 adolescents (Mage = 14.6, 53.9% women) was used. The confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated the existence of three factors: verbal suicidal communication, nonverbal suicidal communication, and virtual suicidal communication, with adequate fit indexes (χ2/gl = 2.43, CFI = .926, TLI = .912, SRMR = .074, RMSEA [90% CI] = .068 [.058, .079]) and adequate reliability (ω = .72, .70, and .80, for each factor). No differences were found in the scale between men and women, the instrument being invariant across gender. It is concluded that the instrument has adequate psychometric properties that support its use in future research.
