AN INVESTIGATION OF THE VALIDITY OF THE SPSI AND SPSI-R IN DIFFERENTIATING HIGH-SUICIDAL FROM DEPRESSED, LOW-SUICIDAL COLLEGE-STUDENTS

Citation
Ga. Clum et al., AN INVESTIGATION OF THE VALIDITY OF THE SPSI AND SPSI-R IN DIFFERENTIATING HIGH-SUICIDAL FROM DEPRESSED, LOW-SUICIDAL COLLEGE-STUDENTS, Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 18(2), 1996, pp. 119-132
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
ISSN journal
08822689
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
119 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-2689(1996)18:2<119:AIOTVO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The present study examined the validity of the Social Problem-Solving Inventory (SPSI) and SPSI-Revised in differentiating 65 high-suicidal from 63 depressed, low-suicidal college students. Results from multiva riate analyses indicated overall differences in problem-solving betwee n these two groups as measured by the SPSI but not by the SPSI-R. Furt her examination of these differences revealed the high-suicidal group was different in problem-solving orientation rather than problem-solvi ng skills, compared to the depressed, low-suicidal group. However when depression was statistically controlled in hierarchical regression an alyses, none of the problem-solving measures predicted group membershi p. The superiority of the SPSI to the SPSI-R in differentiating these two groups appears to be accounted for by the elimination of 28 items in the revised version, many of which measure orientation to problem-s olving. Also explored was the possibility that objective measures of p roblem-solving provide a better prediction of adjustment than do self- report measures.