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- Title
The Structure of Suicidal Beliefs: A Bifactor Analysis of the Suicide Cognitions Scale.
- Authors
Bryan, Craig J.; Harris, Julia A.
- Abstract
The Suicide Cognitions Scale (SCS) was developed to measure a broad spectrum of suicidogenic cognitions collectively referred to as the suicidal belief system. Prior confirmatory factor analyses have suggested both a unidimensional and multidimensional structure and high intercorrelations among identified factors, suggesting the possible influence of an underlying general factor. The present study used bifactor analysis in a clinical sample of 97 treatment-seeking Army personnel with recent suicide ideation and a nonclinical sample of 193 military personnel and veterans with a lifetime history of suicide ideation or attempts. Results supported the strong influence of a general factor in addition to several specific factors that aligned with constructs articulated by several theories of suicide, and suggested the SCS is best interpreted as a unidimensional measure. Results suggest that narrower suicidogenic cognitions are influenced in large part by a strong general latent variable.
- Subjects
MILITARY personnel; CONFIRMATORY factor analysis; SUICIDE; VETERANS; COGNITION
- Publication
Cognitive Therapy & Research, 2019, Vol 43, Issue 2, p335
- ISSN
0147-5916
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10608-018-9961-2