title: Assessing Chinese older adults' suicidal ideation: Chinese version of the Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale.
abstract: The psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale (GSIS-C) were investigated in a sample of 154 Hong Kong Chinese older adults. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, face validity, convergent and divergent validities of the GSIS-C were assessed and all of them were well above acceptable levels. The GSIS-C demonstrated excellent internal consistency including the four subscales and the test-retest reliability of the GSIS-C was also good. In terms of convergent validity, the GSIS-C correlated significantly and positively with depression (assessed by CES-D), loneliness (assessed by Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale), and hopelessness (assessed by Beck 'Hop'elessness Scale). The divergent validity of the GSIS-C was demonstrated by the negative but significant, association between the GSIS-C and two variables including self-rated health status and life satisfaction (assessed by Life Satisfaction Inventory--Version A).
authors.affiliation: Sau Po Centre on Aging, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. klchou@hku.hk
authors.forename: K-L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations