Citation

Edens JF, Douglas KS. Psychiatry Res. 2017; 259: 439-441.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2017.11.023

PMID

29131992

Abstract

Recently, Sinclair et al. (2016) reported on the development of a new Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) index designed to identify individuals with histories of multiple suicide attempts (Chronic Suicide Risk Index: S_Chron). We evaluated this new index in a sample of over 1000 criminal offenders who had been administered the PAI as part of a more extensive research project. The S_Chron meaningfully discriminated between those with multiple prior suicide attempts and those with 0-1 attempts, similar to what Sinclair et al. reported. However, it did not demonstrate incremental validity beyond the PAI's Suicidal Ideation scale.

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Language: en

Keywords

Chronic Suicide Risk Index; Personality Assessment Inventory; Suicide