TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - A Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale for Adolescents
JO  - Psychological assessment
A1  - Orbach, I.
A1  - Milstein, I.
A1  - Har-Even, D.
A1  - Apter, A.
A1  - Tiano, S.
A1  - Elizur, A.
SP  - 398
EP  - 404
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - A new suicidal tendency scale for adolescents is described. The Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale (MAST) is a 30-item scale that reflects 4 types of attitudes: attraction towards and repulsion by life and death. In the first phase, 44 items were selected and administered to a mixed sample of adolescents, which included male and female subjects assigned to normative, suicidal, and psychiatric groups. A factor analysis of the responses yielded the 4 hypothesized factors with 30 high-loading items. The 30-item scale was then administered along with the Israeli Index Suicide Potential (IISP) to a new mixed sample of 165 adolescents. The new factor analysis produced the same 4 factors found previously, and the IISP correlated significantly with 3 of the 4 attitudes. MANOVAs revealed that the MAST differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal groups, suicide ideators from attempters, and suicidal inpatients from outpatients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1040-3590
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.3.3.398
ID  - ref1
ER  -