Raymond P Tucker, Jessica L Gerner, Sean M Mitchell, Nicolas Oakey-Frost, Emma H Moscardini, Sarah Pardue-Bourgeois, Daniel W Capron, Ryan M Hill
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This manuscript details a three-study development and preliminary investigation of the Suicidal Desire Variability Scale (SDVS), a self-report retrospective measure of past-week suicidal desire fluctuation. Exploratory factor analyses of the initial 17-item measure performed in 216 (Study 1) undergraduate students experiencing recent suicidal ideation (SI) and confirmatory factor analyses performed in 371 (Study 2) adults with past-week SI demonstrated a two-factor solution of nine original items representing fluctuation in SI (SDVS Dynamic) and minimal change (SDVS Static). Subscales evinced small to moderate correlations with affect and emotional lability as well as no or small relationships with SI severity and its correlates (e.g., wish to live) in Study 2. Study 3 was an ecological momentary assessment investigation of 40 undergraduate students who completed the SDVS following a 10-day ambulatory phase. Retrospective SDVS subscale scores demonstrated moderate correlations with one measure of suicidal desire dynamics assessed across the ambulatory phase.
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The Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment publishes articles reporting research investigations and clinical case summaries which enhance understanding of psychopathology and mental disorders applicable to all ages, deviant or abnormal behaviors, including those related to medical conditions and trauma, and constructs descriptive of personality. The Journal fosters scientific inquiry into assessment, description, and classification of normal and abnormal behaviors, psychobiological factors predisposing, precipitating, and maintaining psychopathology, and theories of psychopathology and behavior change. Studies of normal personality constructs and positive person attributes, person and environment factors influencing behavioral outcomes, and interactive models of cognitive, emotional, and behavior resource factors as impacting normal and abnormal behaviors are encouraged. Within Journal purview are articles focusing on therapeutic interventions, technical notes on instrumentation and assessment methodology, and reviews of recently-published books.