Objectives: In this study, assessed the reliability, validity, and predictive power of a new version of the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents among Iranian Adolescents in the city of Kermanshah. Methods: To examine this study A group of 400(189 males and 211 females) adolescent in high schools of Kermanshah and adolescents that attempt to suicide and cared in Emam Khomeini hospita...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed at validating the German version of the Brief Reasons for Living inventory (BRFL). METHODS Validity and reliability were established in a community (n = 339) and a clinical sample (n = 272). Convergent and discriminant validity were investigated, and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for the complete BRFL as well as for a 10-item version excluding ...

Attitudes toward violence and reasons for living in young adolescents with high, moderate, and low self-esteem were examined. The authors devised an Attitudes Toward Violence questionnaire; the Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale (RSE) and the Brief Reasons for Living in Adolescents (BRFL-A) was used to assess adaptive characteristics. The independent variables were gender and self-esteem. The depend...

OBJECTIVES This study examined associations between diverse types of personality disorder (PD) features, personality traits, suicidal ideation, and protective factors against suicide among community-dwelling older adults. METHODS Participants (N = 109, M age = 71.4 years, 61% female) completed the Coolidge Axis II Inventory, NEO Five-Factor Inventory, Geriatric Suicide Ideation Scale, and Rea...

Agency, or subjectivity is an important concept in personality psychology, but this phenomenon less studied suicidology. During the adaptation of M. Linehan inventory Reasons for Living we proposed to look at through lens construct. The study had two samples: students, N=490 (341 females, aged 17—28 (19.3±1.2)), and suicidal patients N=146 (105 16—48 (23.1±5.9)). structure Russian version was w...