title: Development and initial validation of the Self-harm Behavior Questionnaire.
abstract: Evaluation of suicide-related behaviors and thoughts about suicide with a newly developed self-report instrument is described. The Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire (SHBQ; Gutierrez, 1998) generates detailed clinical information from an easy to administer and score self-report form. A sample of 342 participants were drawn from university undergraduate students enrolled in various psychology courses. Participants were then divided into a severe suicidal ideation group (n = 20) and a nonsuicidal control group (n = 20) to conduct subgroup and criterion-related validity analyses. Preliminary analyses indicate this new questionnaire is both valid and reliable when used with young adults drawn from a nonclinical population. The questionnaire should be of use to both clinicians and researchers due to the flexibility of the data generated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115-2892, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kopper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires