The Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (RFL-A): development and psychometric properties

摘要: The role of adaptive beliefs and attitudes against suicide has not been given adequate attention in the clinical or assessment literature. This article reports on development initial psychometric properties a 32-item self-report inventory, Reasons for Living Inventory Adolescents (RFL-A). In Phase 1, we used exploratory confirmatory factor analyses to identify five correlated factors: Future Optimism, Suicide-Related Concerns, Family Alliance, Peer Acceptance Support, Self-Acceptance. 2, cross-validated 5-factor oblique model different group adolescents recruited from two high schools. addition, examined evidence convergent, discriminant, construct validities. coefficient alpha indices RFL-A total scales were satisfactory. 3, evaluated additional reliability validity using samples school psychiatric inpatient adolescents. results suggest that is short, reliable, valid measure potentially useful adolescent suicidal behavior.