Brief reasons for living inventory
- \(\textbf {Background:}\) The present study aimed at validating the German version of the Brief Reasons for Living inventory (BRFL). \(\textbf {Methods:}\) Validity and reliability were established in a community (\(\it n\) = 339) and a clinical sample (\(\it n\) = 272). Convergent and discriminant validity were investigated, and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for the complete BRFL as well as for a 10-item version excluding conditional items on child-related concerns. Furthermore, it was assessed how BRFL scores moderate the association between depression and suicide ideation. \(\textbf {Results:}\) Results indicated an adequate fit of the data to the original factor structure. The total scale and the subscales of the German version of the BRFL had sufficient internal consistency, as well as good convergent and divergent validity. The BRFL demonstrated clinical utility by differentiating between participants with vs. without suicide ideation. Reasons for living proved to moderate the association between depression and suicide ideation. \(\textbf {Conclusions:}\) Results provide preliminary evidence that the BRFL may be a reliable and valid measure of adaptive reasons for living that can be used in clinic and research settings.
Author: | Jan Christopher CwikORCiDGND, Paula SiegmannGND, Ulrike WillutzkGND, Peter W. NyhuisGND, Marcus WolterGND, Thomas ForkmannGND, Heide GlaesmerGND, Tobias TeismannGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-59735 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1521-x |
Parent Title (English): | BMC psychiatry |
Subtitle (English): | a psychometric investigation |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2018/07/18 |
Date of first Publication: | 2017/11/06 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds Assessment; Reasons for living; Suicide; Suicide ideation |
Volume: | 17 |
First Page: | 358-1 |
Last Page: | 358-11 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Philosophie und Psychologie / Psychologie |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |