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Table 5 Correlation coefficients between the BSS-Screen, the total BSS score and other self-rating questionnaires

From: German Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS): psychometric properties from a representative population survey

Measure

PHQ-2

FLZ-8

BHS

Suicide attempt

Death wish

BSS-Screen

Total sample

 BSS-Screen score

.33***

−.27***

.36***

.35***

.35***

–

Risk group

 BSS-Screen score

.26**

−.25**

.23*

.27**

.32**

–

 Total BSS score

.31**

−.29**

.25**

.53***

.53***

.80***

  1. Note. PHQ-2 Patient Health Questionnaire 2, FLZ-8 shortened version of the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, BHS Beck Hopelessness Scale, BSS-Screen denotes the BSS-Screen score. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used; * p < .05 (2-tailed), ** p < .01 (2-tailed), *** p < .001 (2-tailed)
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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