Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Keywords
College students--Suicidal behavior; Suicidal behavior--Risk factors--Testing;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of a self-report measure designed to assess adolescent and young adult suicidal behavior. This measure, the Reasons for Living Inventory-II, was the revised version of the Adolescent Reasons for Living Inventory developed by Osman and Besett (1995). The final version of the RFL-II contained 32 items that loaded on five factors. The item loadings and coefficients alpha were high and satisfactory. Confirmatory factor-analytic procedures supported the fit of the five factor oblique model. Two groups were identified by using the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire item, "Have you ever thought about or attempted to kill yourself?" Participants who responded "I have had a plan at least once to commit suicide" or "I have attempted to kill myself, and really hoped to die" were placed in the high suicidal group. Those who responded "never" or "It was just a brief passing thought" were placed in the low suicidal group. The high suicidal group scored lower than the low suicidal group on all five RFL-II subscales. Finally, evidence for convergent and divergent validities were assessed by using correlational analytic procedures. Specific implications, limitations, and directions for future research were also discussed.
Year of Submission
1996
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Augustine Osman
Second Advisor
Francisco X. Barrios
Third Advisor
Beverly A. Kopper
Date Original
1996
Object Description
1 PDF file (103 leaves)
Copyright
©1996 Monty T. Baker
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Baker, Monty T., "Validation of the Reasons for Living Inventory-II (RFL-II) in a College Sample" (1996). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 1978.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/1978
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