Citation

Villalobos-Galvis FH. Univ. Psychol. 2010; 9(2): 509-520.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Facultad de Psicología)

DOI

10.11144/javeriana.upsy9-2.vfii

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

With the aim of knowing the psychometric characteristics of a Spanish version of the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Inventory-PANSI, an instrumental study was developed. Its application required the participation of 643 students of high schools and universities of San Juan de Pasto (Colombia). The exploratory factor analysis showed a bi-factor structure, that accounted for 64% of variance. The first factor corresponded to negative suicidal thoughts, while the second one included protective thoughts against suicide. The total scale and the sub-scales had high values of internal consistency. Significant relationships were found between PANSI and measures of depression, hopelessness, suicidal thoughts and self-esteem, and with severity indicators of suicidal behavior. It was concluded that PANSI has adequate psychometric properties, making it suitable to be used with adolescents and young students.

Language: es

Keywords

Psychology; Students; Colombia; Suicide; Reliability; Validity; Suicidal ideation; Factor analysis; Attempted; Measurement scale; San juan de pasto (Colombia)