@article{ref1,
title="Informing measurement of gender differences in suicide risk and resilience: a national study of United States military veterans",
journal="Journal of clinical psychology (Hoboken)",
year="2023",
author="Smolenski, Derek J. and McDonald, Katie L. and Hoffmire, Claire A. and Britton, Peter C. and Carlson, Kathleen F. and Dobscha, Steven K. and Denneson, Lauren M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To inform measure selection when examining gender differences in suicide risk, this paper evaluates measure performance for a set of gender-relevant constructs and examines gender differences in mean scores. <br><br>METHODS: A national sample of veterans (n = 968) who had recently attempted suicide (past 6 months) completed measures assessing life experience-, psychosocial-, and health-related constructs. A multigroup latent variable model was used to assess similarity of measurement properties between women and men. <br><br>RESULTS: Metric and scalar invariance indicated that the latent variables functioned similarly between women and men. Women had higher scores on negative coping, institutional betrayal, and social rejection; men had higher scores on self-compassion, autonomy, and suicide ideation. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Measurement properties and gender differences in mean values support the use of these measures for research on gender differences. <br><br>FINDINGS also suggest further investigation of social rejection, institutional betrayal, and negative coping among women veterans at risk for suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0021-9762",
doi="10.1002/jclp.23485",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23485"
}