TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents: psychometric properties among Portuguese adolescents
JO  - OMEGA - Journal of death and dying
A1  - Ventosa Brás, Marta Sofia
A1  - Guerreiro Carmo, Cláudia Isabel
A1  - de Jesus, Saul Neves
SP  - 30222818819340
EP  - 30222818819340
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0030-2228
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030222818819340
ID  - ref1
ER  -