Department of Psychology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002, USA.
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002, USA.
Death Stud. 2012 Apr;36(4):323-39. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2011.553329.
There is a need to efficiently and effectively screen adjudicated youth residing within the juvenile justice system for suicide proneness. Accordingly, in the current study, the psychometric properties of the Life Attitude Schedule: Short Form (LAS:S), a 24-item risk assessment for suicide proneness, were assessed using data from adjudicated youth residing in an alternative sentencing facility (n = 130). As predicted, statistically significant correlations were obtained between total LAS:S suicide proneness scores and reports of recent suicide ideation and hopelessness. Contrary to expectation, the previously reported 2-factor model for the LAS:S, with Factor 1 representing physical unhealthiness and Factor 2 representing psychological death, poorly fit the data. In adjudicated youth, we found that a single factor model derived from the 4 LAS:S subscales produced a better fit to the data than the 2-factor model. The death-related, self-related, injury-related, and negative health-related behaviors contained on the LAS:S shared common variance in these youth. A clinical implication is that practitioners can effectively use the total LAS:S score when screening adjudicated youth for suicide proneness.
需要有效地筛选少年司法系统中被判定的青少年的自杀倾向。因此，在当前的研究中，使用来自替代判决设施的被判定青少年（n=130）的数据评估了生活态度量表简表（LAS：S）的心理测量特性，该量表是自杀倾向的 24 项风险评估工具。正如预期的那样，LAS：S 的总自杀倾向得分与最近的自杀意念和绝望感报告之间存在显著的统计学相关性。与预期相反，之前报告的 LAS：S 的 2 因素模型，因子 1 代表身体不健康，因子 2 代表心理死亡，与数据拟合不良。在被判定的青少年中，我们发现从 LAS：S 的 4 个分量表中得出的单一因素模型比 2 因素模型更能很好地拟合数据。LAS：S 上的与死亡相关的、与自我相关的、与伤害相关的和与健康相关的负面行为在这些青少年中具有共同的方差。一个临床意义是，从业者可以在筛选被判定的青少年的自杀倾向时有效地使用 LAS：S 的总分。
