TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Development of a scale to assess knowledge about suicide postvention using item response theory
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Nader, Ingo W.
A1  - Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas
A1  - Schild, Anne H. E.
A1  - Koller, Ingrid
A1  - Tran, Ulrich S.
A1  - Kapusta, Nestor D.
A1  - Sonneck, Gernot
A1  - Voracek, Martin
SP  - 174
EP  - 184
VL  - 43
IS  - 2
N2  - Knowledge about suicide postvention (KSPV) is an important distal outcome in the evaluation of suicide prevention programs that focus on the bereaved. However, most scales are specifically tailored to the evaluation study in question and psychometric properties are often unsatisfactory. Therefore, we developed the KSPV scale. Scale properties were investigated with Rasch trees, a newly developed method in the framework of item response theory. Additionally, we provide cues for convergent validity. In summary, the scale shows satisfactory properties for assessing KSPV and could be used to evaluate suicide postvention programs more effectively.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12006
ID  - ref1
ER  -