Test Linking of Suicide Risk Assessment Instruments: Comparing Cut-Off Scores for Suicide Risk

IF 2.6 4区心理学 Q2 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress Pub Date : 2023-03-31 DOI:10.17547/kjsr.2023.31.1.25

Hwa-Gyoung Yu, Yuhwa Han, Sungeun You

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Background: Communicating the objective meaning of the cut-off criteria for high-risk among suicide risk assessment tools is challenging because they measure different aspects of suicide risk. This study aimed to provide comparable scores among widely used suicide assessment instruments by using test linking.Methods: Linking was performed using the equipercentile method with the data of 400 adults. Then, for an independent sample of 165 adults, the validity of linking was tested by providing an overall percent agreement of group classification.Results: Linking results indicated that the score of 4 on the C-SSRS corresponded to 8 on the DSI-SS and 16 on the SBQ-R, respectively. The overall percent agreement of group classification based on the cutoff score of 4 on the C-SSRS was high in both scales, supporting the validity of linking.Conclusions: The study results provide comparable criteria for the high-risk group among the three measures. Mental health practitioners could utilize our results in identifying people at high suicide risk.

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自杀风险评估工具的测试链接：比较自杀风险的截断分数

背景：在自杀风险评估工具中，传达高风险截止标准的客观含义是具有挑战性的，因为它们衡量自杀风险的不同方面。本研究旨在通过测试链接提供广泛使用的自杀评估工具之间的可比分数。方法：采用等百分比法对400名成年人的数据进行链接。然后，对于165名成年人的独立样本，通过提供群体分类的总体一致性百分比来测试链接的有效性。结果：链接结果表明，C-SSRS的4分分别对应于DSI-SS的8分和SBQ-R的16分。在两个量表中，基于C-SSRS上4分的组分类的总体一致性百分比都很高，这支持了链接的有效性。结论：研究结果为三种指标中的高危人群提供了可比较的标准。心理健康从业者可以利用我们的研究结果来识别自杀风险高的人。

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Stress-The International Journal on the Biology of Stress 医学-行为科学

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5.60

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal Stress aims to provide scientists involved in stress research with the possibility of reading a more integrated view of the field. Peer reviewed papers, invited reviews and short communications will deal with interdisciplinary aspects of stress in terms of: the mechanisms of stressful stimulation, including within and between individuals; the physiological and behavioural responses to stress, and their regulation, in both the short and long term; adaptive mechanisms, coping strategies and the pathological consequences of stress. Stress will publish the latest developments in physiology, neurobiology, molecular biology, genetics research, immunology, and behavioural studies as they impact on the understanding of stress and its adverse consequences and their amelioration. Specific approaches may include transgenic/knockout animals, developmental/programming studies, electrophysiology, histochemistry, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, endocrinology, autonomic physiology, immunology, chronic pain, ethological and other behavioural studies and clinical measures.