title: Psychometric Properties of the Attitudinal Beliefs Questionnaire about Suicidal Behavior (CCCS-18).
abstract: The purpose of this study was to analyze psychometric properties of the Spanish version of Attitudinal Beliefs Questionnaire about Suicidal Behavior CCCS-18 (Ruiz, Navarro-Ruiz, Torrente, & Rodríguez, 2005). The participants were 277 subjects, 81.2% (225) women and 18.8% (52) men. The average age was 39.95 years old (SD = 15.9). A confirmatory factor analysis was performed to test the adequacy of the four-factor model proposed by the authors. As a result it was obtained a three-factor model (χ2/df = 1.96; CFI = .98; sRMR = .060; RMSEA = .059), with indices reflecting adequate goodness of fit. The reliability of the test using the omega coefficient showed satisfactory values (ω h = .95, CI 95% = [.94, .96]). The results indicate a close relation between the CCCS-18 dimensions and the suicidal tendency, showing discriminant validity properties. Predictive validity was also found in the significant correlations between the measures obtained in the questionnaire and a risk index resulting from the suicidal ideation predictor variables that were part of a logistic regression equation; CCCS-18 (r = .26, p < .001), F1, Legimization and terminal disease (r = .163, p < .01), F2, Moral dimension (r = .22, p < .001) and F3, Suicide itself (r = .252, p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CCCS-18 shows reliability and validity, as well as being a test of easy and brief application.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Humanización de la Salud (Spain).
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villacieros
authors.affiliation: Centro de Humanización de la Salud (Spain).
authors.forename: José Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bermejo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Humanización de la Salud (Spain).
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magaña
authors.affiliation: Centro de Humanización de la Salud (Spain).
authors.forename: Invención
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fernández-Quijano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: attitudinal beliefs; confirmatory factorial analysis; instrumental study; suicidal behavior