Table 2.
Factors obtained from exploratory factor analysis and internal consistency for the ATTS
| E.V. | F.L. | Cronbach’s α |
ICC coefficients |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 62.99 | 0.657 | 0.782 | |
| Factor 1. Acceptability | 15.709 | 0.762 | 0.832 | |
| Right to commit suicide—people | 0.785 | |||
| Suicide should not always be prevented | 0.627 | |||
| Suicide a relief | 0.622 | |||
| Suicide can never be justified | −0.607 | |||
| Not understandable that people can take their lives | −0.606 | |||
| Most people avoid talking about suicide | 0.414 | |||
| Factor 2. Acceptability related incurable disease | 8.232 | 0.781 | 0.750 | |
| Get help to commit suicide if severe, incurable disease—myself | 0.902 | |||
| Consider suicide if severe, incurable disease—myself | 0.828 | |||
| Get help to commit suicide if severe, incurable disease—people | 0.598 | |||
| Suicide acceptable means to end incurable disease—people | 0.521 | |||
| Suicide understandable if severe, incurable disease—people | 0.514 | |||
| Factor 3. Preventability | 6.253 | 0.530 | 0.771 | |
| Can always help | 0.882 | |||
| Suicide can be prevented | 0.659 | |||
| Duty to restrain a suicidal act | 0.506 | |||
| Factor 4. Tabooing | 5.486 | 0.560 | 0.570 | |
| Risk to evoke suicidal thoughts if asked about | 0.875 | |||
| Should or would rather not talk about suicide | 0.640 | |||
| Suicide decision can’t reversed | 0.470 | |||
| Factor 5. Unpredictability | 4.8854 | 0.497 | 0.671 | |
| Relatives have no idea about what is going on | 0.764 | |||
| Suicide happens without warning | 0.694 | |||
| People who make threats seldom complete suicide | 0.436 | |||
| Factor 6. Normal–common | 4.708 | 0.516 | 0.758 | |
| Everyone has considered suicide | 0.810 | |||
| Anybody can commit suicide | 0.727 | |||
| Could express suicide wish without meaning it- myself | 0.520 | |||
| Factor 7. Aging | 4.109 | 1.0 | 0.576 | |
| Suicides among younger people particularly puzzling | 0.926 | |||
| Factor 8. Incomprehensibility | 3.620 | 0.339 | 0.387 | |
| Communication not serious | 0.799 | |||
| Suicide among the worst thing to do to relatives | 0.497 | |||
| Factor 9. Suicidal process | 3.499 | 0.380 | 0.748 | |
| Suicides considered for a long time | 0.971 | |||
| Attempts are impulsive actions | −0.644 | |||
| Factor 10. Non-communication | 3.434 | 0.309 | 0.533 | |
| Low estimated own suicide probability | 0.795 | |||
| Suicide ones own business | 0.422 | |||
| Factor 11. Relation-caused | 3.056 | 0.364 | 0.354 | |
| Attempts due to revenge and punishment | 0.810 | |||
| Attempts due to interpersonal conflicts | 0.703 |