@article{ref1,
title="A psychometric investigation of the suicide opinion questionnaire",
journal="Death studies",
year="2008",
author="Anderson, Amy L. and Lester, David and Rogers, James R.",
volume="32",
number="10",
pages="924-936",
abstract="The factor structure of the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) was investigated in 2 studies. In the first study, the SOQ was administered to 568 participants to investigate the relative strength of 3 competing latent structure models previously identified in the literature. Confirmatory factor analyses provided no support for any of the prior models. An exploratory factor analysis of these data resulted in a weak 2-factor structure accounting for only 15.33% of the common variance. In the second study, this 2-factor structure was evaluated using SOQ data from 288 college students. Confirmatory factor analysis results failed to support the 2-factor model. Based on these results, the authors recommend that future research efforts should focus on developing a more contemporary and psychometrically sound measure of attitudes toward suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0748-1187",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}