University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Assessment. 2011 Sep;18(3):379-81. doi: 10.1177/1073191110374285. Epub 2010 Jul 9.
The Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is used by the United States Centers for Disease Control to estimate rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adolescents. This study investigated the validity of the YRBS suicidality items by examining their relationship to criterion variables including loneliness, anxiety, depression, substance use, and other suicidality items. Participants were 386 high-school students. YRBS items assessing suicidal thoughts and behaviors demonstrated good convergent and discriminant validity.
《青少年风险行为调查》（YRBS）被美国疾病控制中心用于估计青少年自杀念头和行为的发生率。本研究通过考察与孤独感、焦虑、抑郁、物质使用和其他自杀念头项目等标准变量的关系，调查了 YRBS 自杀念头项目的有效性。参与者为 386 名高中生。评估自杀念头和行为的 YRBS 项目表现出良好的聚合和区分效度。
