title: The Brief Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents (BRFL-A).
abstract: This study modified and evaluated the psychometric properties of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) in samples of adolescents. Internal consistency reliability, corrected item-total scale correlation, and exploratory factor analysis procedures were used with a mixed sample of 260 adolescents to identify 14 items for the brief version of the RFL (BRFL-A). Confirmatory factor analyses provided support for the five-factor oblique structure of the BRFL-A in a psychiatric inpatient sample with a range of suicidal behaviors. Reliabilities of the BRFL-A subscales were satisfactory. Four of the five subscales differentiated between suicidal and nonsuicidal adolescents. Significant correlations were found between three BRFL-A subscales and several suicide indices. Convergent-discriminant validity was examined by correlating the BRFL-A subscales with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) Content Scales. Limitations of the study are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 50614-0505, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kopper
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Besett
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Linehan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D016015:Logistic Models; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012718:Set, Psychology; D012925:Social Conformity; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*