Validity and reliability of a Chinese language suicide screening questionnaire-observer rating (CL-SSQ-OR) assessment for children/adolescents

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Ranli Li¹  Lina Wang¹  Xiaoyan Ma¹  Tao Fang²  Hongjun Tian²  Qiuyu Zhang²  Langlang Cheng³  Haiping Yu⁴  Chuanjun Zhuo⁵ 

[1] Department of Emergency Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China;Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Tianjin, China;Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh Peoples Hospital, Wenzhou, China;Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh Peoples Hospital, Wenzhou, China;Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Tianjin, China;Department of Psychiatry, Wenzhou Seventh Peoples Hospital, Wenzhou, China;Department of Psychiatry, Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Fourth Center Hospital, Tianjin, China;Department of Emergency Psychiatry, Tianjin Anding Hospital, Nankai University Affiliated Tianjin Anding Hospital, Tianjin Mental Health Center of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China;

关键词: validity;    reliability;    suicide;    CL-SSQ-OR;    children;    adolescents;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1147161

 received in 2023-01-18, accepted in 2023-04-06,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundA Suicide Screening Questionnaire-Observer Rating (SSQ-OR) has been used to assess risk of suicide among individuals and to help clinicians identify and rescue individuals attempting suicide. To prevent the risk of suicide in China, a Chinese language SSQ-OR (CL-SSQ-OR) needs to be introduced.ObjectiveTo test the validity and reliability of a CL-SSQ-OR.MethodA total of 250 individuals were enrolled in this study. Each completed a CL-SSQ-OR assessment, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was adopted to determine structural validity. Spearman correlation coefficients were adopted to determine criterion validity. An internal correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to test inter-consistency and Cronbach’s α coefficient was used to test split-half reliability.ResultsCFA was conducted with use of the maximum variance method to evaluate the item results. All of the items received scores >0.40. In addition, good model fit indices were observed for the two-factor structure RMSEA = 0.046, TLI = 0.965, CFI = 0.977. The items’ factor loading of the CL-SSQ-OR in the first factor ranged from 0.443 to 0.878. The items’ factor loading of the CL-SSQ-OR in the second factor ranged from 0.400 to 0.810. The ICC of the total CL-SSQ-OR was 0.855. Cronbach’s α was 0.873.ConclusionThe CL-SSQ-OR described here demonstrates ideal psychometric properties and is found to be a suitable tool for screening Chinese children/adolescents who are at risk of suicide.

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