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Belongingness and Burdensomeness in Adolescents: Slovene Translation and Validation of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire
Author(s) -
Podlogar Tina,
Žiberna Janina,
Poštuvan Vita,
C. R. Kerr David
Publication year - 2017
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/sltb.12276
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , suicide prevention , psychology , clinical psychology , binge drinking , interpersonal communication , poison control , belongingness , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , psychiatry , medicine , medical emergency , social psychology
The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire ( INQ ) for assessing thwarted belongingness ( TB ) and perceived burdensomeness ( PB ) has not been validated with community adolescents. We translated and administered the INQ to 307 Slovenian adolescents twice over 2–3 months and found that the 15‐item version ( INQ ‐15) did not fit without modification. TB and PB scales correlated with concurrent and later suicide ideation and lifetime suicide attempt history. The latent PB factor was associated with concurrent and later ideation controlling for TB , age, gender, depressive symptoms, binge drinking, and peer victimization. Suicide ideation and binge drinking were independently related to attempt history. Assessing and intervening on PB and binge drinking may be promising approaches to suicide prevention with community adolescents.