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ERIC Number: EJ744508
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Oct
Pages: 11
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-0234
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An Evaluation of the Psychache Scale on an Offender Population
Mills, Jeremy F.; Green, Kate; Reddon, John R.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v35 n5 p570-580 Oct 2005
This study examined the generalizability of a self-report measure of psychache to an offender population. The factor structure, construct validity, and criterion validity of the Psychache Scale was assessed on 136 male prison inmates. The results showed the Psychache Scale has a single underlying factor structure and to be strongly associated with measures of depression and hopelessness and moderately associated with psychiatric symptoms and the criterion variable of a history of prior suicide attempts. The variables of depression, hopelessness, and psychiatric symptoms all contributed unique variance to psychache. Discussion centers on psychache's theoretical application to the prediction of suicide.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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