| Description |
The classification of suicidal thoughts and behaviors has received research attention in recent years given the discrepancies between the multiple existing classification systems utilized across research, clinical, and public health domains. Given that the prediction of suicide has not improved over the past half century, it is important that assessment and classification of suicidal thoughts and behaviors is done both consistently and accurately so that stronger statistical conclusions can be drawn from research studies, and clinicians can better identify which patients are at imminent risk of suicide. The current study is an examination of the validity and reliability a revised version of the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) in a military sample. Each section of the SITBI was revised by adding novel measures of suicide severity, including more specificity around each construct examined (e.g., suicide ideation, suicide plan, suicide attempt, etc.). Further, additional sections were added to expand upon related, yet uncovered suicide-related thoughts and behaviors in the original SITBI created by Nock and colleagues (2007). Overall, the revised SITBI demonstrated fair to excellent reliability and validity across sections and is thus recommended as a useful measure in the assessment of a broad range of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. |
