Validation of the personal suicide stigma questionnaire among adolescents with suicide attempts in mainland China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the personal suicide stigma questionnaire (PSSQ) into simplified Chinese and evaluate its psychometric properties among adolescents who have attempted suicide in mainland China.

Methods

Following Brislin's translation model and using purposive sampling, we surveyed 440 adolescents who had attempted suicide at Hangzhou Seventh People's Hospital in Zhejiang Province, China. Content validity was determined by a panel of experts, and the construct validity of the scale was assessed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), convergent validity, and discriminant validity. Reliability analysis was evaluated using Cronbach's α coefficient, test-retest reliability, and half-split reliabili

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11427941 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature