Anderson Amy L, Lester David, Rogers James R
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Death Stud. 2008;32(10):924-36. doi: 10.1080/07481180802440258.
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.
两项研究对自杀观念问卷（SOQ）的因子结构进行了调查。在第一项研究中，对568名参与者进行了SOQ测试，以探究文献中先前确定的3种相互竞争的潜在结构模型的相对强度。验证性因素分析未支持任何先前的模型。对这些数据进行的探索性因素分析得出了一个微弱的双因素结构，仅占共同方差的15.33%。在第二项研究中，使用来自288名大学生的SOQ数据对这个双因素结构进行了评估。验证性因素分析结果未能支持双因素模型。基于这些结果，作者建议未来的研究工作应集中于开发一种更现代且心理测量学上更合理的自杀态度测量方法。
