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Table 2 Results of Spearman’s rank correlation analyses between the Brief Reasons for Living Inventory and its subscales as well as questionnaires to measure construct validity

From: Brief reasons for living inventory: a psychometric investigation

 

BRFL-10

BRFL-FS

BRFL-RF

BRFL-SC

BRFL-CC

BRFL-MO

BRFL-SD

DSI-SS

F-SozU

PHQ-9

INQ-PB

PMH

BRFL-12

.969*** (n = 216)

.656*** (n = 216)

.583*** (n = 216)

.683*** (n = 216)

.270*** (n = 216)

.637*** (n = 216)

.601*** (n = 216)

−.444*** (n = 213)

.225** (n = 216)

−.173* (n = 211)

−.311*** (n = 213)

.204** (n = 215)

BRFL-10

.651*** (n = 586)

.569*** (n = 586)

.581*** (n = 586)

.070 (n = 216)

.576*** (n = 586)

.569*** (n = 586)

−.345*** (n = 581)

.278*** (n = 585)

−.176** (n = 580)

−.237*** (n = 580)

.227*** (n = 585)

BRFL-FS

 

.200*** (n = 602)

.330*** (n = 599)

.066 (n = 232)

.202*** (n = 601)

.202*** (n = 601)

−.172*** (n = 600)

.136** (n = 604)

−.044 (n = 596)

−.057 (n = 600)

.072 (n = 602)

BRFL-RF

  

.444*** (n = 597)

.330 (n = 230)

.155*** (n = 596)

.068 (n = 599)

−.383*** (n = 599)

.419*** (n = 602)

−.281*** (n = 595)

−.350*** (n = 599)

.341*** (n = 601)

BRFL-SC

   

.153* (n = 228)

.126** (n = 594)

.099* (n = 596)

−.426*** (n = 595)

.381*** (n = 599)

−.310*** (n = 594)

−.373*** (n = 595)

.354*** (n = 599)

BRFL-CC

    

.040 (n = 227)

.009 (n = 227)

.001 (n = 228)

−.062 (n = 232)

.042 (n = 226)

.080 (n = 229)

.015 (n = 230)

BRFL-MO

     

.323*** (n = 597)

−.104* (n = 594)

.018 (n = 599)

−.035 (n = 591)

−.065 (n = 594)

.084* (n = 597)

BRFL-SD

      

−.007 (n = 599)

−.070 (n = 601)

.068 (n = 595)

.062 (n = 598)

−.090* (n = 601)

  1. BRFL-12 Brief Reasons for Living Inventory, BRFL-10 Brief Reasons for Living Inventory without child-related items, BRFL-FS “fear of suicide and death” subscale, BRFL-RF “responsibility to family”, BRFL-SC “survival and coping beliefs”, BRFL-CC “child-related concerns” subscale, BRFL-MO “moral objections” subscale, BRFL-SD “fear of social disapproval”, DSI-SS Depressive Symptom Inventory – Suicidality Subscale, F-SozU Social Support Scale, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire (excluding item 9), INQ-PB Perceived Burdensomeness Subscale of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire, PMH Positive Mental Health Scale. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001