Arch Suicide Res. 2021 Jul-Sep;25(3):552-569. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2020.1729914. Epub 2020 Feb 23.
Psychological pain is an important contributing factor to suicide risk. The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Psychic Pain Scale (PPS), a new measure assessing unbearable negative affect as described in Maltsberger's theory of suicidality. The PPS was administered to = 131 adult psychiatric patients as well as = 953 undergraduate students. An initial factor analysis which replicated across both clinical and undergraduate samples identified two factors, affective deluge, and loss of control. These subscales were associated with risk factors including trauma history, severity of psychopathology, and decreased resilience, as well as a range of pathological personality traits. Findings support the utility of the PPS as a measure of psychological pain and point to future directions of empirical evaluation.
心理痛苦是自杀风险的一个重要影响因素。本研究检验了精神痛苦量表（PPS）的心理测量特性，这是一种新的衡量标准，用于评估 Maltsberger 自杀理论中描述的难以忍受的负面情绪。PPS 被用于 131 名成年精神科患者和 953 名本科生。在临床和本科样本中都复制的初始因子分析确定了两个因素，情感泛滥和失控。这些分量表与包括创伤史、精神病理学严重程度和适应力下降在内的风险因素有关，也与一系列病态人格特征有关。研究结果支持 PPS 作为衡量心理痛苦的一种手段的有效性，并为未来的实证评估指明了方向。
