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Hovey JD, Roley-Roberts ME, Hurtado G, Seligman LD, Levine JC, Kene P, Gonzalez RN. Coping competence and hopelessness moderate the influence of perceived burdensomeness on suicidal ideation in undergraduate college students. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-8. [PMID: 36593907 PMCID: PMC9795939 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-04190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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According to the interpersonal theory of suicide, the perception of imposing a burden on loved ones increases the risk for suicidal ideation. Little research, however, has examined the interaction of burdensomeness with cognitive variables in predicting suicidal ideation in college students even though the relationship between burdensomeness and ideation may be contingent on levels of cognitive risk factors. The present study thus examined the relationships between burdensomeness, hopelessness, coping competence, and suicidal ideation. Questionnaires were administered to 279 undergraduate students from a university in the Midwest United States. After controlling for depression, hopelessness, and coping competence, burdensomeness significantly predicted ideation and accounted for variance above and beyond the control variables. Moreover, the relationship between burdensomeness and suicidal ideation was significantly moderated by coping competence and hopelessness. The findings suggest that perceived burdensomeness plays a critical role in the risk for suicide in college students. More specifically, the findings suggest that coping competence and hopelessness can be ideal targets for interventions as changes in these variables may attenuate the association between perceived burdensomeness and suicidal ideation.
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- Joseph D. Hovey
- Behavioral Health Laboratory, Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
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- Behavioral Health Laboratory, Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH USA
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- Counseling, Educational Leadership and School Psychology Department, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI USA
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- Behavioral Health Laboratory, Department of Psychological Science, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
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Aggarwal P, Ortiz S, Jain A, Velkoff E, George TS, Smith A, Raval VV. Examining psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire among college students in India. Suicide Life Threat Behav 2022; 52:110-120. [PMID: 34664312 DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND With the second-highest population in the world, suicide-related deaths in India are high, and adults under 30 are particularly at an increased risk. However, empirical examinations of factors contributing to suicide in India and assessments of reliability and validity of self-report measures assessing these constructs are rare. AIMS The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ). MATERIALS & METHODS Undergraduate students in India (N = 432) completed the INQ and questionnaires assessing suicidal ideation, depression, fearlessness about death, and pain tolerance. RESULTS Confirmatory factor analyses of the 15-item INQ indicated that after removing three items assessing perceived burdensomeness, the two-factor structure of INQ demonstrated acceptable fit with good internal consistency for each of the subscales (α = .84-.90). In line with the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (IPTS), thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness interacted to predict suicidal ideation. Additionally, these constructs were positively associated with suicidal ideation and depression, and weakly correlated with fearlessness about death and pain tolerance. DISCUSSION Results support the relevance of the IPTS for understanding suicidal ideation among college students in India. CONCLUSION The results suggest that modified INQ demonstrates strong internal consistency, as well as good construct, criterion, and discriminant validity among Indian college students.
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- Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Christ University, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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Wang R, Chen Y, Hu F, Wang Z, Cao B, Xu C, Yu X, Chang R, Wang H, Chen H, Liu Y, Liu S, Hu T, Chen Y, Zhang K, Zou H, Cai Y. Psychometric Properties of Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire-15 for Predicting Suicidal Ideation among Migrant Industrial Workers in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:7583. [PMID: 34300033 PMCID: PMC8306592 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Interpersonal theories of suicide suggest that the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) can be used to measure suicidal ideation, but few studies have focused on migrant people, a group with a high prevalence of suicidal ideation. The aim of this study was to validate the psychometric properties of the INQ-15 and its prediction of suicidal ideation among migrant industrial workers in China. METHOD A stratified multi-stage sample of 2023 industrial workers was recruited from 16 factories in Shenzhen, China. There were 1805 nonlocal workers, which we defined as migrant workers with a mean age of 32.50 ± 8.43 years old who were 67.3% male. The structure of the Chinese version of the INQ-15 and its correlation and predictive utility for suicidal ideation were examined through factor analysis, the Item Response Theory, the M2 test, logistic regression, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS Different from studies among various samples in which a two-factor solution is identified, results within this sample indicated three factors: perceived burdensomeness, thwarted belongingness, and social isolation. The model fit statistics of three-factor INQ were 0.075 for RMSEA, 0.945 for CFI, 0.932 for TLI, and 0.067 for SRMR. The model standard estimated factor loadings ranged from 0.366 to 0.869. The summed scores of INQ and perceived burdensomeness predicted suicidal ideation after controlling for sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, and income with AUC of 0.733 (95% CI: 0.712/0.754) and 0.786 (95% CI: 0.766/0.804). In the meantime, the comparison of the predictive ability between INQ total scores and PB scores was significant with p < 0.05. CONCLUSION The INQ has good psychometric properties and can be used to assess how migrant workers living in the Shenzhen perceive meeting interpersonal psychological needs and shows good predictive ability of suicidal ideation. Perceived burdensomeness appears to play a role in suicide and may be a point of intervention, yet the notable deviation from previous findings and the relative weakness of two of the other factors warrant further study.
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- Rongxi Wang
- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China;
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- School of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518000, China;
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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- Shenzhen Longhua District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518000, China; (T.H.); (Y.C.)
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- Shenzhen Longhua District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518000, China; (T.H.); (Y.C.)
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- Shenzhen Longhua District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518000, China; (T.H.); (Y.C.)
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511431, China
- Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201800, China; (R.W.); (Y.C.); (F.H.); (C.X.); (X.Y.); (R.C.); (H.W.); (H.C.); (Y.L.); (S.L.)
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Lai CCW, Boag S. Chinese versions of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire: Psychometric properties, measurement invariance across gender and cultures. Psych J 2021; 10:635-648. [PMID: 33655693 DOI: 10.1002/pchj.436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Associations between unmet interpersonal needs and different aspects of suicide have been observed in both Western and non-Western cultures using the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ). However, measurement invariance is a prerequisite for comparing differences between culturally different groups, and to date, no studies have examined measurement invariance of INQ across cultures. This study aimed to (a) validate Chinese versions of the INQ, (b) assess measurement invariance across gender for the Chinese INQ, (c) assess measurement invariance across Australian and Chinese cultures for the INQ, and (d) comprehensively assess the association of interpersonal needs with suicide ideation. A sample of 469 Australian undergraduates and a sample of 854 Chinese undergraduates were used in this study. For testing measurement invariance across gender, the sample of Chinese undergraduates was split by gender into the Chinese male and Chinese female samples. Five versions of INQ (10-, 12-, 15-, 18- and 25-item) were tested. The 10- and 15-item Chinese INQ demonstrated adequate psychometric properties through various analyses (i.e., reliability, confirmatory factor analysis, and structural equation modeling) and also demonstrated measurement invariance across gender via multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. The 10-item INQ demonstrated measurement invariance across Australian and Chinese cultures. Of the two interpersonal factors, only perceived burdensomeness was significantly associated with suicide ideation. Multigroup structural equation modeling demonstrated that perceived burdensomeness may be a greater risk factor of suicide among Australian undergraduates than among Chinese undergraduates. Practical and theoretical contributions of this study are discussed.
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- Catie C W Lai
- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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