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Psychometric validation of the Columbia-Suicide Severity rating scale in Spanish-speaking adolescents
Azcurra, Daniel Serrani
Abstract
Introduction: Adolescent suicide is a major public health issue, and
early and accurate detection is of great concern. There are many reliable
instruments for this purpose, such as the Columbia-Suicide severity
rating scale (C-SSRS), but no validation exists for Spanish speaking Latin
American adolescents.
Objetive: To assess psychometric properties and cut-off scores of the
C-SSRS in Spanish speaking adolescents.
Methods: Exploratory assessment with principal component analysis
(PCA) and Varimax rotation, and confirmatory analysis (CFA) were
performed on two groups with 782 and 834 participants respectively
(N=1,616). Mean age was 24.8 years. A Receiver operator analysis was
applied to distinguish between control and suicide-risk subgroups
adolescents.
Results: Promax rotation yielded two 10-items factors, for suicide
ideation and behavior respectively. C-SSRS was positively correlated
with other suicide risk scales, such as Beck Depression Inventory-II,
Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, or PHQ-9. Confirmatory
factor analysis yielded a two-factor solution as the best goodness of fit
model. C-SSRS showed adequate ability to detect suicide risk group with
positive predictive value of 68.3%. ROC analyses showed cutoff scores of
≥6 and ≥4 for suicide ideation and behavior scales respectively
Conclusion: This research offers data supporting psychometric validity
and reliability of C-SSRS in nonclinical Spanish-speaking students.
Added benefits are flexible scoring and management easiness. This
questionnaire yields data on distinct aspects of suicidality, being more
parsimonious than separate administration of a bunch of questionnaires.
Keywords
Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale; adolescents; psychometric validation; cut-off scores.
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