Attitudes toward suicide: A factor analytic approach

Domino, George; Moore, Daniel Walker; Westlake, Laurie; Gibson, Linda

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“…Both focus on attitudes towards the person who commits suicide. [4][5] There is, however, lack of consensus on the psychometric properties of these instruments, therefore hampering to know what exactly is being measured. [6][7] The SOQ, in one of its versions, contains 15 factors, many of them explaining less than 5% of the variance.…”

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Nursing personnel attitudes towards suicide: the development of a measure scale

Botega

Reginato

Silva

et al. 2005

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

116

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A b s t r a c t Objective: To describe the construction of the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire (SBAQ) which measures attitudes of nursing personnel towards suicide, and verify attitude differences among these professionals. Methods: The Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire comprises 21 visual analogue scale items (beliefs, feelings and reactions on suicidal patients) selected from a pool of attitude statements generated by focal groups and experts' judgement. The questionnaire was completed by 317 nursing professionals who worked in a teaching hospital. Factor analysis and internal consistency were calculated. Results: Three interpretable factors were extracted, accounting jointly for 40% of the total variance: Feelings when caring for the patient, Professional Capacity and Right to Suicide, comprising 7, 4 and 5 items, respectively. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.7, 0.6 and 0.5, respectively. Greater Professional Capacity was reported by nursing assistants and those who had already took care of suicidal patients. The belief that a person does not have the right to commit suicide was stronger among older professionals, those who had never taken care of suicidal patients, those who had a family history of suicide, those who were Protestants and that used to go more frequently to church services. Conclusions: The Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire proved to be user-friendly and quite a simple instrument to assess attitude towards suicide among nursing personnel.Keywords: Suicide; Attitudes; Health personnel; Nurse-patient relations; Questionnaires Resumo Objetivo: Descrever a construção do Questionário sobre a Atitude Frente ao Comportamento Suicida (QACS), que mede as atitudes do pessoal de enfermagem em relação aos suicidas e verifica as diferenças de atitude entre esses profissionais. Métodos: O Questionário sobre a Atitude Frente ao Comportamento Suicida compreende uma escala de 21 itens visuais análogos (crenças, sentimentos e reações em relação a pacientes suicidas) selecionados a partir de uma série de frases sobre as atitudes geradas a partir de grupos focalizados e o julgamento de especialistas. O questionário foi completado por 317 profissionais de enfermagem que trabalhavam em um hospital escola. Foram calculadas a análise fatorial e a consistência interna. Resultados: Foram extraídos três fatores interpretáveis, responsáveis em conjunto por 40% da variância total: Sentimentos ao tratar do paciente, a Capacidade Profissional e o Direito ao Suicídio, englobando 7, 4 e 5 itens, respectivamente. Os coeficientes do alfa de Cronbach foram 0,7, 0,6 e 0,5, respectivamente. Uma maior Capacidade Profissional foi relatada por assistentes de enfermagem e aqueles que já tinham cuidado de pacientes suicidas. A crença de que uma pessoa não possui o direito de cometer suicídio foi mais forte entre profissionais mais velhos, entre aqueles que não tinham nunca cuidado de pacientes suicidas, aqueles com histórico familiar, os que eram protestantes e costumavam freqüentar mais cultos religiosos. ...

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Nursing personnel attitudes towards suicide: the development of a measure scale

Botega

Reginato

Silva

et al. 2005

Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

116

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“…The moral versus immoral continuum addresses the content of attitudes. Factors identified on the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) that capture attitudes along this continuum include Social Disintegration (e.g., "The higher incidence of suicide is due to the lesser influence of religion") and Suicide is Morally Bad (e.g., "Suicide is a very serious moral transgression") (Domino et al, 1982;Rogers and DeShon, 1995).…”

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“…While it is common practice when developing attitudinal measures toward suicide or military-specific measures to not include controls for social desirability (Batterham et al, 2013;Domino et al, 1982;Hoge et al, 2004), a substantial body of literature suggests that social desirability affects survey responses. Future research with the MSAQ could investigate whether social desirability affects responses to the measure.…”

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“…In order to test its appropriateness for use in evaluations of military suicide prevention programs, the SOQ was administered to a large sample (N ¼ 1758) of U.S. Marine Corps non-commissioned officers. Results showed that the variance accounted for by the 15-factor model of the SOQ dropped from 77% in the original sample (Domino et al, 1982) to 30% in the military sample (VanSickle, 2013).…”

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“…A recently published review of more than 2200 articles (Kodaka et al, 2011) found that the most widely used psychological scale to measure suicide attitudes and opinions is the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). The SOQ is a 100-item self-report measure used to assess attitudes towards suicide and is composed of 65 attitudinal items and 35 "factual" items (Domino et al, 1982). It was developed using a sample of college students and health professionals (Kodaka et al, 2011).…”

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ)

VanSickle

Tucker

Daruwala

et al. 2016

Journal of Affective Disorders

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a b s t r a c tBackground: To date, a culturally-sensitive psychological instrument has not been developed to evaluate military attitudes toward suicide. Understanding these attitudes can inform suicide prevention research, clinical practice, and policy. We aimed to develop such an instrument and to evaluate its psychometric properties using an active-duty military sample. Methods: A team of military personnel, suicidologists, and researchers assisted with item development. A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ) via an online survey battery. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Results: A total of 317 military service members met eligibility criteria and completed the online surveys. A four-factor model that explained 46.4% of the variance was identified: (1) Individual-Based Rejection versus Acceptance; (2) Psychache versus Pathological; (3) Unit-Based Rejection versus Acceptance; (4) Moral versus Immoral. The MSAQ demonstrated high partial validity and testretest reliability. Limitations: The study used a convenience sample and did not control for social desirability. Conclusions: The newly developed MSAQ is a promising measure that fills a notable gap in the assessment of suicide attitudes within the United States military. The MSAQ has the potential for future use in evaluating suicide prevention and stigma reduction programs within the Department of Defense. Additionally, the MSAQ may serve as a useful tool for leadership in the evaluation of command climates. In clinical settings, the MSAQ could be used along with other cognitive and attitudinal measures to track suicidal patients' attitude towards suicide over the course of treatment.Published by Elsevier B.V.

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Suicidal ideas and behavior in contrasted generations: Evidence from a community mental health survey

Bagley¹,

Ramsay

1993

J. Community Psychol.

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A comparison was made of young (aged 18–24) and old (60 plus) respondents in a community mental health survey of 679 adults in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Young people had significantly poorer mental health than did the elderly respondents and also reported more suicidal ideas and behavior in their lifetime. Assuming that these findings can be generalized to a wider population, the results imply a steady increase in suicidal behavior as the present generation of young people becomes older.

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Attitudes toward suicide: A factor analytic approach

Cited by 189 publications

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Nursing personnel attitudes towards suicide: the development of a measure scale

Nursing personnel attitudes towards suicide: the development of a measure scale

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Military Suicide Attitudes Questionnaire (MSAQ)

Suicidal ideas and behavior in contrasted generations: Evidence from a community mental health survey

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