Olabisi Onabanjo University, Psychology.
University College Hospital Ibadan, Department of Clinical Psychology.
Afr Health Sci. 2023 Mar;23(1):542-552. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i1.57.
To prevent completed suicide among young adults in the university, assessment of suicidal ideation should be encouraged. This study aims to investigate the reliability, exploratory factor analysis, and validity of adult suicidal ideation questionnaire among Nigerian university students.
Descriptive cross-sectional survey was the preferred choice of research design for this study utilizing convenience sampling technique to recruit participants. 6 universities divided into two equal numbers between federal-funded and state-funded ones in Nigeria were selected, and 2,702 students were sampled to fill the questionnaires. Instruments for data collection included Rosenberg Self-esteem questionnaire and Kessler Psychological distress scale to validate ASIQ. Ethical clearance for this study was collected from Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
The results of the study showed that internal consistency of ASIQ was .951 while validity analyses proved that self-esteem and psychological distress diverged and converged respectively with the three subdomains of suicidal ideation as measured by ASIQ.
This study concludes that ASIQ has slight modification from the original version among young adults in Nigeria. The scale is reliable and valid but as a 22-item instrument on a 5-point Likert scale.
为了预防大学生群体中的自杀行为，应当鼓励对自杀意念进行评估。本研究旨在检验尼日利亚大学生成人自杀意念问卷的信度、探索性因子分析和效度。
本研究采用描述性横断面调查设计，选择便利抽样技术招募参与者。在尼日利亚，选择了 6 所大学，分为联邦资助和州资助各半，共招募了 2702 名学生填写问卷。用于收集数据的工具包括罗森伯格自尊量表和凯斯勒心理困扰量表来验证 ASIQ。本研究的伦理审查已从尼日利亚奥拉比西·奥巴桑乔大学教学医院获得。
研究结果表明，ASIQ 的内部一致性为.951，而有效性分析证明，自尊和心理困扰分别与 ASIQ 测量的自杀意念的三个亚领域相背离和聚合。
本研究得出结论，尼日利亚的年轻人对 ASIQ 进行了轻微的修改。该量表具有可靠性和有效性，但作为一个 5 点 Likert 量表的 22 项工具。
