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The Life Attitudes Schedule Short Form: An Abbreviated Measure of Life‐Enhancing and Life‐Threatening Behaviors in Adolescents
Author(s) -
Rohde Paul,
Lewinsohn Peter M.,
Seeley John R.,
LanghinrichsenRohling Jenny
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1996.tb00612.x
Subject(s) - psychology , schedule , measure (data warehouse) , clinical psychology , valence (chemistry) , developmental psychology , computer science , data mining , operating system , physics , quantum mechanics
An abbreviated version of the Life Attitudes Schedule (LAS) was developed, consisting of 24 items, each representing one cell of the original LAS theoretical matrix (4 content categories × 2 behavior types × 2 valence). Items were retained on the basis of high correlations with LAS total score and low correlations with gender. Psychometric properties of the LAS Short Form were robust and the Short Form total score correlated .93 with the original LAS total score. As with the original LAS, boys reported more injury‐related behaviors than girls. Future research and clinical directions are suggested.