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A preliminary validation of the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation (PANSI) inventory with normal adolescent samples
Author(s) -
Osman Augustine,
Gutierrez Peter M.,
Jiandani Jason,
Kopper Beverly A.,
Barrios Francisco X.,
Linden Sena C.,
Truelove Ronald S.
Publication year - 2003
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/jclp.10154
Subject(s) - psychology , clinical psychology , logistic regression , suicidal ideation , confirmatory factor analysis , psychometrics , test validity , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , sample (material) , cutoff , construct validity , poison control , injury prevention , structural equation modeling , statistics , medicine , medical emergency , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , physics , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography
The present study evaluated the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation (PANSI; Osman, Gutierrez, Kopper, Barrios, & Chiros, 1998) inventory in a sample of high‐school youths. The PANSI is designed as a measure of risk and protective factors related to suicidal behavior. Participants (114 boys and 103 girls) completed the PANSI and other self‐report instruments. Results of the confirmatory factor analyses supported adequate fit of the 2‐factor oblique model to the sample data. Both factor scales attained adequate levels of reliability. Boys and girls did not differ in their responses to the PANSI scales. The PANSI scale scores were associated with scores from related measures. Logistic‐regression analyses were used to evaluate the contributions of the PANSI scale scores to differentiate between the study groups. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses, using data from the psychiatric suicide risk and high‐school control youths, were used to identify cutoff scores of 1.63 and 3.33 for the PANSI‐negative and PANSI‐positive scales, respectively. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 59: 493–512, 2003.