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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2014 May 12;44(6):698–709. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12101

Table 3. Final SEASA Items.

Please read each of the statements below carefully and circle the number which best fits how certain you are about how you would act in each of the following situations

Very uncertain Very certain
1. How certain are you that you will not attempt suicide in the future? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2. If at some point in the future you had suicidal thoughts, how certain are you that you could resist making a suicide attempt? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
3. If at some point in the future you had suicidal thoughts, how certain are you that you could resist making a suicide attempt if you were using alcohol or other drugs? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4. How certain are you that you could control future thoughts of suicide if you were experiencing physical pain? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
5. How certain are you that you could control future suicidal thoughts if you lost an important relationship? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
6. How certain are you that you could control future suicidal thoughts if you lost a job, could not find employment, or suffered a financial crisis? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9