Πλήρες άρθρο - Ελληνική Ψυχιατρική Εταιρεία
Πλήρες άρθρο - Ελληνική Ψυχιατρική Εταιρεία
Πλήρες άρθρο - Ελληνική Ψυχιατρική Εταιρεία
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PSYCHIATRIKI 22 (2), 2011 Η ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΛΙΜΑΚΑΣ ΕΚΤΙΜΗΣΗΣ ΚΙΝΔΥΝΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΚΤΟΝΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ 145<br />
Development of the Risk Assessment Suicidality<br />
Scale (RASS): Α population-based study<br />
K.N. Fountoulakis, E. Pantoula, M. Siamouli, K. Moutou, X. Gonda,<br />
Z. Rihmer, A. Iacovides, H. Akiskal<br />
3rd Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece<br />
Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Health, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary<br />
International Mood Disorders Center, University of California at San Diego, CA, USA<br />
Psychiatriki 2011, 22:132–147<br />
Suicide and suicide attempts are significant and costly public health problems. In order to prevent<br />
suicidal and other self-injurious behavior, research on the multiple factors involved in these behaviors<br />
with comprehensive and user-friendly instruments is necessary. The aim of the current study<br />
was to construct a self-report instrument with emphasis on the items which describe suicide-related<br />
behavior itself rather than strongly related clinical features on the basis of a general population<br />
study. Twelve items comprising a new scale were applied to 734 subjects from the general population<br />
(40.6% males and 59.4% females) aged 40.8±11.5, along with the STAI and the CES-D. The<br />
scoring method was developed on the basis of frequency table of responses to the individual scale<br />
items. The factor analysis returned 3 factors explaining 59.19% of total variance (Intention, Life, and<br />
History). The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.85 for the Intention, 0.69 for the Life and 0.52 for the History<br />
subscale. The RASS is a reliable and valid instrument which might prove valuable in the assessment<br />
of suicidal risk in the general population as well as in mental patients.<br />
Key words: suicidality scale, psychometric properties, general population<br />
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