title: Assessing the validity of the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale.
abstract: One of the newer scales of suicide risk devised by Plutchik and colleagues was tested to see if it could discriminate between levels of suicide ideation and suicide attempts. A sample of 80 subjects were placed into various categories of suicide risk on the basis of a psychiatric examination. Results showed that the full scale did not adequately discriminate among groups. An explantation of the results has been proposed and a design to test this suggestion described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koslowsky
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bleich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greenspoon
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apter
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention