TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Assessing crisis chat visitors' capacity to regulate thoughts related to suicide
JO  - Crisis
A1  - Coohey, Carol
A1  - Neblett, Keri
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: Regulation of suicidal thoughts may be defined as a person's beliefs about their capacity to control affective and cognitive processes related to suicide. The inability to regulate suicidal thoughts is related to persistent suicidal thoughts, intentions, attempts, and suicide. Aims: The purpose of this study was to validate a scale that counselors could use to assess chat visitors' capacity to regulate suicidal thoughts. <br><br>METHOD: The validity and reliability of the Regulation of Suicidal Thoughts Scale (RSTS) was evaluated using two different samples (n = 1,162, n = 241). <br><br>RESULTS: All items correlated with the theoretical construct regulation of suicidal thoughts, and the structural model showed the RSTS predicted perceived certainty to attempt suicide. <strike>Construct and criterion validity were inferred from a decrease in visitors' ability to control their thoughts of suicide from pre-chat to post-chat (Cohen's d = 91).</strike> Construct and criterion validity were inferred from <b>an increase</b> in visitors' ability to control their thoughts of suicide from pre-chat to post-chat (Cohen’s d = 91). Greater regulation in thoughts was also related to less certainty to attempt suicide. Limitations: Additional evidence is needed to validate the RSTS, especially among diverse populations. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Counselors could use RSTS pre-chat scores to match counseling skills with specific affective and cognitive processes related to visitors' suicidal thoughts.    This article was corrected:  In the article “Assessing crisis chat visitors' capacity to regulate thoughts related to suicide: A brief scale” by C. Coohey and K. Neblett (Crisis, https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000805) there was an error in the abstract.    The second sentence in the results section of the abstract reads like this:    Construct and criterion validity were inferred from a decrease in visitors' ability to control their thoughts of suicide from pre-chat to post-chat (Cohen’s d = 91).    The corrected sentence should read as follows (correction in bold):    Construct and criterion validity were inferred from an increase in visitors’ ability to control their thoughts of suicide from pre-chat to post-chat (Cohen’s d = 91).    The authors regret any inconvenience or confusion the errors may have caused.  <p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0227-5910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000805
ID  - ref1
ER  -