Citation

Ventosa Brás MS, Guerreiro Carmo CI, de Jesus SN. Omega (Westport) 2018; ePub(ePub): 30222818819340.

Affiliation

Psychology and Educational Department, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Baywood Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0030222818819340

PMID

30577719

Abstract

Reasons for living are protective factors against suicidal behavior in adolescents. One of the most useful measures to assess them is the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (RFL-A) developed by Osman et al. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of its Portuguese version of the RFL-A. To this end, we recruited 512 high school adolescents (mean age = 16.7 years), who completed the RFL-A, a Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire, and a hopelessness scale. Exploratory factor analysis replicated the original five-factor model and confirmatory factor analysis obtained satisfactory adjustment values. The RFL-A shows good reliability (internal consistency and temporal stability) as well as good convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validities. These results indicate that the RFL-A is a valid and reliable measure to study protective factors against suicidal behaviors in Portuguese adolescents.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescents; protective factors; reasons for living; suicide prevention; suicide risk assessment