Pinto A, Whisman M A, Conwell Y
Dept. of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8205, USA.
J Adolesc. 1998 Aug;21(4):397-405. doi: 10.1006/jado.1998.0173.
The psychometric properties and validity of the Reasons for Living (RFL) Inventory were examined in a sample of psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents (n = 253), aged 13 to 18 years, identified as suicide ideators, suicide attempters, and psychiatric controls. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested that the original RFL factors did not provide a good fit; exploratory factor analysis identified five factors, of which three were identical with the original RFL factors. Factor scores differentiated suicidal from non-suicidal adolescents and attempters from ideators. Correlational analyses indicated that RFL factors were associated with suicidal ideation, depression, and hopelessness, and predicted unique variance in suicidal ideation over that accounted for by depression and hopelessness. Our findings provide support for the RFL as a sound measure for clinical and research assessment in adolescents.
对“生存理由”（RFL）量表在一组年龄在13至18岁、因自杀观念、自杀未遂和精神疾病对照而住院的青少年（n = 253）样本中进行了心理测量特性和效度检验。验证性因素分析表明，原始的RFL因素拟合效果不佳；探索性因素分析确定了五个因素，其中三个与原始的RFL因素相同。因素得分区分了有自杀倾向和无自杀倾向的青少年，以及自杀未遂者和有自杀观念者。相关分析表明，RFL因素与自杀观念、抑郁和绝望相关，并预测了自杀观念中超出抑郁和绝望所解释的独特方差。我们的研究结果支持将RFL作为青少年临床和研究评估的有效测量工具。
