Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Revenge Attitudes Inventory-21.

ABSTRACT: Despite a few hypothesized associations between revenge and suicide in the suicide literature, the potential of revenge as a multidimensional construct related to suicide has remained unexplored. Using data from undergraduate samples across 2 studies, we examined support for the psychometric properties and nomological network of scores on the Multidimensional Revenge Attitudes Inventory-21 (MRAI-21), a new self-report instrument composed of 3 dimensions: craving for revenge, revenge rumination, and suicide-related revenge. Results from Study 1 (N = 510), suggested that a 3-factor oblique solution obtained through contemporary factor analytic methods provided the best fit for the sample data. Estimates of internal consistency reliability for the MRAI-21 scale scores were above .90. I

SUBMITTER: Acosta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8853731 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature