Structural validity of the Persian version of the Suicide Capacity Scale among Iranian college students.

BEHAVIORAL assessment; SUICIDE prevention; SUICIDE risk factors; NONPARAMETRIC statistics; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; RESEARCH methodology; CLINICAL health psychology; SOCIAL networks; PUBLIC health; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUICIDAL behavior; COMPARATIVE studies; RISK assessment; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENT attitudes; STATISTICAL sampling; EMPIRICAL research; DATA analysis software; MEASUREMENT errors; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; EVALUATION

Objectives: This study was the first step in translating the Suicide Capacity scale (SCS‐3) from English to Persian and then determining its structural validity in a sample of Iranian students. Methods: The sample consisted of 600 participants selected by the convenience sampling method and answered the questionnaires of the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire‐Revised (SBQ‐R) Depressive Symptom Index‐Suicidality Subscale (DSI‐SS), suicide attempt, and suicidal capacity(SCS‐3). Results: The single‐group factor analysis suggested that the three‐factor model shows the goodness of fit with the data. Practical Implications: Suicide capacity is a psychometric tool that can be included in public health studies, health psychology, and empirical research to identify suicide‐related behaviors in different populations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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