title: The Reasons for Living Inventory: psychometric properties.
abstract: The test-retest reliability, internal consistency reliability, normative, and item analysis data of the Reasons for Living Inventory were investigated in a sample of 116 college students. The inventory has six subscales, each of which assesses a category of adaptive beliefs and expectations considered reasons for not committing suicide. The inventory was administered twice, with a 3-week interval between testings. Test-retest coefficients for the men, women, and total sample were moderate to high. The alpha coefficients and item-total correlations for the subscales and the total inventory provided strong support for internal consistency. 26 items were consistently endorsed by 30% or more of our total sample as "extremely important," while only four were suggested as "not at all important" reasons for not committing suicide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614-0505.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Osman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*