Cross-Cultural Investigation of a New Set of Scales for the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire

Dados Bibliográficos

ID13628546
AutoresGeorge Domino (University of Arizona, Tucson, autor correspondente), Sulin Su (University of Arizona, Tucson), Di Shen (0000-0002-6874-1257, University of Arizona, Tucson)
Ano2000
Volume41
Fascículo4
Páginas307-321
Data de publicação2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/uhux-k5kx-yhdj-bgcl
OpenAlexW2003114630
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas24

There are a number of alternate ways to score the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). Two methods were compared in this study, a set of eight scales developed by content analysis, and a set of five scales developed by factor analysis; two samples, one from the United States ( N=218), and one from Taiwan ( N=291) were assessed. On all SOQ scales, significant mean differences were obtained between U.S. and Taiwanese samples. The patterns of intercorrelations suggest that despite their factor analytic genesis, several of the SOQ-F scales correlate significantly with each other as well as with the SOQ-C scales. The results support the cross-cultural applicability and reliability of the SOQ, and suggest that although the SOQ-F scales may represent interesting variables, they are not superior psychometrically to the original content scales

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