Zimri S. Yaseen|Curren Katz|M. Johnson|Daniel Eisenberg|Lisa J. Cohen|Igor Galynker
Construct development: The Suicide Trigger Scale (STS-2), a measure of a hypothesized suicide trigger state
Mount Sinai Beth Israel|Mount Sinai Beth Israel|Columbia University|National Institute of Mental Health|Mount Sinai Beth Israel|Mount Sinai Beth Israel
study aims develop construct suicide trigger state exploring data gathered novel psychometric selfreport instrument sts2the sts2 administered 141 adult psychiatric patients suicidal ideation multiple statistical methods used explore construct validity structurecronbachs alpha 0949 demonstrated excellent internal consistency factor analyses yielded twocomponent solutions good agreement first component described nearpsychotic somatization ruminative flooding second described frantic hopelessness roc analysis determined optimal cut score history suicide attempt significance p 003 logistic regression analysis found items sensitive history suicide attempt described ruminative flooding doom hopelessness entrapment dreadthe sts2 appears measure distinct novel clinical entity speculatively term suicide trigger state high scores sts2 associate reported history past suicide attempt