Hi Rakshanda,
Depends what your purposes are. This scale has only 4 items, which makes it very economical to use. It also has high sensitivity and specificity. The items ask about previous suicide attempts, frequency of suicideal ideation, previous suicidal communication and the subjective likelyhood of future suicide attempt. However if you are wanting more details about current ideation, emotional state etc, you might want to consider a longer scale.
Good luck, Rachel.
Hello there,
Them main issue here is: What are you going to use this measure for ? My experience with suicide related research is somewhat limited. However, in terms of possible future threat, hopelessness is a big factor precipitating suicide attempts. The problem with suicide research is also that it is impossible to obtain information on motives, etc. from those who completed suicides. Some of them for example overdosed drugs accidentally (using the same dosage after a longer break from using which could be lethal) and had no intention of committing suicide. As this is one of the most important issues to deal with in psychology, I would say that combination of qualitative and quantitative methods could shed some more light on that matter.
Good luck with your research
Witold
Hi Rakshandar, I am in the process of thinking about the various scales too. I am also thinking about SBQ-R and another one on ideation/acceptance. I think I can only use proxy such as these to measure "tendency" or "probability" of someone committing suicide in the future. I am trying to do four major religious comparison and whether those with high religiosity (or certain religion affiliation) has lower suicidal tendency. Coroners data here is not very complete, so I can't use any "completed" suicide data. Do you mind emailing a copy of your questionnaire once done? [email protected]
Hello,
Does anybody know the usage rights of SBQ-R? I am planning to use it for my research but I can't figure out whether a citation to the authors would suffice or if I would also have to buy the questionnaire?
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