TABLE 3—

Mean High School Questionnaire (HSQ) Item Scores, by Suicide Risk Factor Level

	Suicide Risk Factor Level, Mean (SD)
Item	Low	Moderate	High	Very High	Highest
Belief in suicide as a personal option	0.04 (0.27)	0.28 (0.59)	0.86 (0.90)	0.87 (0.74)	2.05 (1.02)
Hopelessness	0.27 (0.56)	0.96 (0.86)	1.55 (0.89)	1.21 (0.82)	2.02 (0.95)
School connectedness	10.39 (1.96)	9.57 (2.09)	8.87 (2.11)	9.20 (2.21)	9.01 (2.25)
Perceived family support	1.94 (0.82)	1.52 (0.89)	1.20 (0.84)	1.09 (0.72)	1.09 (0.81)
Attempt in past month	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.52 (0.81)	2.12 (2.06)
Attempt in past year	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	0.00 (0.00)	1.80 (1.33)	3.15 (2.21)
Suicidal ideation	0.06 (0.25)	0.49 (0.50)	1.45 (0.77)	1.09 (0.75)	2.34 (0.62)
Ideation because of alcohol or drug use	0.003 (0.06)	0.07 (0.32)	0.65 (1.53)	0.36 (0.80)	2.80 (2.67)
Depression	0.57 (0.43)	1.34 (0.66)	1.91 (0.57)	1.39 (0.62)	2.46 (0.36)
Suicide threat in past year	0.01 (0.13)	0.73 (1.37)	1.28 (1.84)	2.00 (1.99)	3.95 (2.13)
Substance use in past month	0.15 (0.57)	0.36 (0.87)	0.42 (1.04)	0.56 (1.12)	1.39 (2.27)