Table 2.
Distribution of scores for HASS items and scales.
| Itema | 0 Never f(%) |
1 Rarely f (%) |
Some of the time F (%) |
Frequently f(%) |
Most of time f(%) |
Median | Mean (SD) | Item-Total Correlationb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. thought you would be better off dead? | 50 (38.2%) | 32 (24.2%) |
24 (18.3%) |
14 (10.7%) |
11 (8.4%) |
1 | 1.27 (1.30) |
.862** |
| 2. dreamed about death? | 73 (55.7%) |
24 (18.3%) |
11 (8.4%) |
11 (8.4%) |
12 (9.2%) |
0 | .9695 (1.34701) |
.785** |
| 3. had ideas about killing yourself? | 65 (49.6%) |
33 (25.2%) |
12 (9.2%) |
7 (5.3%) |
14 (10.7%) |
1 | 1.0229 (1.33281) |
.889** |
| 4. thought that the world would be better off without you? | 48 (36.6%) |
30 (22.9%) |
21 (16.0%) |
15 (11.5%) |
17 (13.0%) |
1 | 1.4122 (1.41351) |
.777** |
| 5. thought about death and dying? | 50 (38.2%) |
28 (21.4%) |
21 (16.0%) |
14 (10.7%) |
18 (13.7%) |
1 | 1.4046 (1.43462) |
.897** |
| 6. been in high places and felt like jumping? | 93 (71.0%) |
17 (13.0%) |
8 (6.1%) |
3 (2.3%) |
8 (6.1%) |
0 | .5736 (1.12344) |
.599** |
| 7. thought about ways to kill yourself? | 79 (60.3%) |
17 (13.0%) |
16 (12.2%) |
7 (5.3%) |
12 (9.2%) |
0 | .9008 (1.32929) |
.833** |
| 8. gotten so discouraged that you thought about ending your life? | 65 (49.6%) |
26 (19.8%) |
14 (10.7%) |
11 (8.4%) |
15 (11.5%) |
1 | 1.1221 (1.40342) |
.902** |
| 9. felt like running into traffic? | 92 (70.2%) |
19 (14.5%) |
10 (7.6%) |
5 (3.8%) |
4 (3.1%) |
0 | .5385 (1.00506) |
.694** |
| 10. had a plan of how you would kill yourself? | 90 (68.7%) |
20 (15.3%) |
7 (5.3%) |
8 (6.1%) |
6 (4.6%) |
0 | .6260 (1.12548) |
.762** |
| 11. wished you were dead? | 53 (40.5%) |
26 (19.8%) |
20 (15.3%) |
16 (12.2%) |
16 (12.2%) |
1 | 1.3588 (1.42542) |
.891** |
| 12. felt that life was not worth living? | 50 (38.2%) |
29 (22.1%) |
17 (13.0%) |
16 (12.2%) |
19 (14.5%) |
1 | 1.4275 (1.46251) |
.835** |
| 13. thought about killing yourself but did not try to do it? | 59 (45.0%) |
29 (22.1%) |
13 (9.9%) |
14 (10.7%) |
16 (12.2%) |
1 | 1.2290 (1.42810) |
.648** |
| 14. tried to kill yourself? | 93 (71.0%) |
20 (15.3%) |
5 (3.8%) |
5 (3.8%) |
8 (6.1%) |
0 | .5878 (1.13592) |
.718** |
| 15. dreamed about killing yourself? | 95 (72.5%) |
13 (9.9%) |
8 (6.1%) |
6 (4.6%) |
9 (6.9%) |
0 | .6336 (1.21025) |
.725** |
| 16. talked to someone about killing yourself, besides the people in the clinic or with me? | 79 (60.3%) |
25 (19.1%) |
9 (6.9%) |
9 (6.9%) |
9 (6.9%) |
0 | .8092 (1.24106) |
.632** |
| 17. had a plan to kill yourself, started to do it and then stopped at the last minute? | 102 (77.9%) |
13 (9.9%) |
6 (4.6%) |
4 (3.1%) |
6 (4.6%) |
0 | .4656 (1.03995) |
.582** |
a
SA Scale:14,17. ASBI Scale: 14, 17, 7, 10, 16. Passive SI Scale: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,11,12,13,15. In this study, time frame and response options were slightly different. Original HASS I asked about past 2 weeks and used 0–4 scale as follows: 0=none; 1=once; 2=1–2 times a week; 3=3–4 times a week; 4=daily
b
Item-Total reflects correlation with HASS Total Scale (Items1–17).