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Suicide and time perspective: An examination of beck and Yufit's suicide‐risk indicators
Author(s) -
Lennings C. J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199207)48:4<510::aid-jclp2270480412>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - psychology , time perspective , concurrent validity , beck hopelessness scale , perspective (graphical) , scale (ratio) , test validity , association (psychology) , convergent validity , test (biology) , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , psychometrics , poison control , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , beck depression inventory , internal consistency , psychotherapist , medical emergency , medicine , anxiety , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Both Beck and Yufit have developed indices of risk for suicidal groups. An investigation with 86 university students explored the concurrent and convergent validity of both scales. The current study reports moderate correlations between these two measures as a test of concurrent validity. In addition, both authors argue for the importance of time perspective in the development of these tests. The Hopelessness Scale was found to correlate well with other attitudinal measures of time perspective. The correlational pattern of the Time Questionnaire presented a less coherent pattern of association across temporal orientation, extension, and temporal attitude scales.