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Depressive Symptom Inventory Suicidality Subscale : Optimal Cut Points for Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples

  • Suicide is a major cause of death in adulthood and specifically in patients suffering from mental illnesses. The Depressive Symptom Inventory Suicidality Subscale (DSI-SS) is widely used to detect and prevent suicidal ideation. The aim of the present study was to determine optimal cut points for the DSI-SS in different populations. We analysed the data of one population-based sample (n = 532), one outpatient sample (n = 180) and one inpatient sample (n = 244). Internal consistency, convergent validity and optimal cut points according to receiver operating characteristics were calculated. In all samples, we found excellent item-total correlations and internal consistencies for the DSI-SS. Zero-order correlations between the DSI-SS and theoretically related constructs showed positive correlation coefficients, ranging from 0.50 to 0.67. The DSI-SS differentiated well between patients with and without suicide attempts in the population-based sample, but less so in the inpatient sample and only marginally in the outpatient sample. A bootstrapping analysis showed some variability in the cut points that emerged as optimal, but there was no overlap between the different samples. The specific cut points that we identified may be used to improve the diagnostic utility of the DSI-SS and the chance to detect suicidal ideation.

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Author:Michael von Glischinski, Tobias TeismannORCiD, S. Prinz, Jochen E. GebauerORCiD, Gerrit HirschfeldORCiD
Title (English):Depressive Symptom Inventory Suicidality Subscale : Optimal Cut Points for Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2007
ISSN:1099-0879
ISSN:1063-3995
Parent Title (English):Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2016
electronic ID:Zur Anzeige in scinos
Release Date:2021/08/09
Tag:Bootstrap; Cut Point; Receiver Operating Characteristics; Suicide
Volume:29
Issue:6
First Page:543
Last Page:549
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Faculties:Fakultät WiSo
DDC classes:100 Philosophie und Psychologie / 150 Psychologie
Review Status:Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion