TY - JOUR
T1 - A Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale for Adolescents
AU - Orbach, Israel
AU - Milstein, Ilana
AU - Har-Even, Dov
AU - Apter, Alan
AU - Tiano, Sam
AU - Elizur, Avner
PY - 1991/9
Y1 - 1991/9
N2 - A new suicidal tendency scale for adolescents is described. The Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale (MAST) is a 30-item scale that reflects 4 types of attitudes: attraction towards and repulsion by life and death. In the first phase, 44 items were selected and administered to a mixed sample of adolescents, which included male and female subjects assigned to normative, suicidal, and psychiatric groups. A factor analysis of the responses yielded the 4 hypothesized factors with 30 high-loading items. The 30-item scale was then administered along with the Israeli Index Suicide Potential (IISP) to a new mixed sample of 165 adolescents. The new factor analysis produced the same 4 factors found previously, and the IISP correlated significantly with 3 of the 4 attitudes. MANOVAs revealed that the MAST differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal groups, suicide ideators from attempters, and suicidal inpatients from outpatients.
AB - A new suicidal tendency scale for adolescents is described. The Multi-Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale (MAST) is a 30-item scale that reflects 4 types of attitudes: attraction towards and repulsion by life and death. In the first phase, 44 items were selected and administered to a mixed sample of adolescents, which included male and female subjects assigned to normative, suicidal, and psychiatric groups. A factor analysis of the responses yielded the 4 hypothesized factors with 30 high-loading items. The 30-item scale was then administered along with the Israeli Index Suicide Potential (IISP) to a new mixed sample of 165 adolescents. The new factor analysis produced the same 4 factors found previously, and the IISP correlated significantly with 3 of the 4 attitudes. MANOVAs revealed that the MAST differentiated suicidal from nonsuicidal groups, suicide ideators from attempters, and suicidal inpatients from outpatients.
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U2 - 10.1037/1040-3590.3.3.398
DO - 10.1037/1040-3590.3.3.398
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AN - SCOPUS:58149205066
SN - 1040-3590
VL - 3
SP - 398
EP - 404
JO - Psychological Assessment
JF - Psychological Assessment
IS - 3
ER -