Faculty Publications
Development And Initial Validation Of The Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Personality Assessment
Volume
77
Issue
3
First Page
475
Last Page
490
Abstract
Evaluation of suicide-related behaviors and thoughts about suicide with a newly developed self-report instrument is described. The Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire (SHBQ; Gutierrez, 1998) generates detailed clinical information from an easy to administer and score self-report form. A sample of 342 participants were drawn from university undergraduate students enrolled in various psychology courses. Participants were then divided into a severe suicidal ideation group (n = 20) and a nonsuicidal control group (n = 20) to conduct subgroup and criterion-related validity analyses. Preliminary analyses indicate this new questionnaire is both valid and reliable when used with young adults drawn from a nonclinical population. The questionnaire should be of use to both clinicians and researchers due to the flexibility of the data generated.
Department
Department of Psychology
Original Publication Date
1-1-2001
DOI of published version
10.1207/S15327752JPA7703_08
Recommended Citation
Gutierrez, Peter M.; Osman, Augustine; Barrios, Francisco X.; and Kopper, Beverly A., "Development And Initial Validation Of The Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire" (2001). Faculty Publications. 3561.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/3561
