@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal ideation across race in a justice-involved sample: an item response theory  approach",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2020",
author="Ruchensky, Jared R. and Balsis, Steve and Edens, John F. and Douglas, Kevin S.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: Compared to community samples, rates of suicide are much higher in  forensic and correctional settings, yet limited research has focused on the  development and improvement of suicide assessment methods used in such contexts. Moreover, despite evidence that suicide assessment varies across Caucasians and  African Americans, to our knowledge this important issue has received little  attention within higher risk correctional samples. We used Item Response Theory and  Differential Item Functioning analyses to address this gap within the literature. <br><br>METHOD: Specifically, we examined the psychometric properties of the Suicidal  Ideation scale of the Personality Assessment Inventory (Morey, 2007) in a large  sample of justice-involved individuals. <br><br>RESULTS: Caucasians report greater suicidal  ideation compared to African American participants on average. However, after  controlling for mean differences, Caucasians and African Americans differentially  endorsed symptoms of suicidal ideation. If the level of suicidal ideation is held  constant across racial categories, Caucasians underreported suicidal ideation  relative to African Americans. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Results suggest a nuanced picture of  suicidal ideation across racial categories that can be informed by Item Response  Theory approaches to scale construction and refinement.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12717",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12717"
}