TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - A psychometric investigation of the suicide opinion questionnaire
JO  - Death studies
A1  - Anderson, Amy L.
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Rogers, James R.
SP  - 924
EP  - 936
VL  - 32
IS  - 10
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0748-1187
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -