Table 2.
Results of Spearman’s rank correlation analyses between the Brief Reasons for Living Inventory and its subscales as well as questionnaires to measure construct validity
| BRFL-10 | BRFL-FS | BRFL-RF | BRFL-SC | BRFL-CC | BRFL-MO | BRFL-SD | DSI-SS | F-SozU | PHQ-9 | INQ-PB | PMH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRFL-12 | .969*** (n = 216) | .656*** (n = 216) | .583*** (n = 216) | .683*** (n = 216) | .270*** (n = 216) | .637*** (n = 216) | .601*** (n = 216) | −.444*** (n = 213) | .225** (n = 216) | −.173* (n = 211) | −.311*** (n = 213) | .204** (n = 215) |
| BRFL-10 | – | .651*** (n = 586) | .569*** (n = 586) | .581*** (n = 586) | .070 (n = 216) | .576*** (n = 586) | .569*** (n = 586) | −.345*** (n = 581) | .278*** (n = 585) | −.176** (n = 580) | −.237*** (n = 580) | .227*** (n = 585) |
| BRFL-FS | – | .200*** (n = 602) | .330*** (n = 599) | .066 (n = 232) | .202*** (n = 601) | .202*** (n = 601) | −.172*** (n = 600) | .136** (n = 604) | −.044 (n = 596) | −.057 (n = 600) | .072 (n = 602) | |
| BRFL-RF | – | .444*** (n = 597) | .330 (n = 230) | .155*** (n = 596) | .068 (n = 599) | −.383*** (n = 599) | .419*** (n = 602) | −.281*** (n = 595) | −.350*** (n = 599) | .341*** (n = 601) | ||
| BRFL-SC | – | .153* (n = 228) | .126** (n = 594) | .099* (n = 596) | −.426*** (n = 595) | .381*** (n = 599) | −.310*** (n = 594) | −.373*** (n = 595) | .354*** (n = 599) | |||
| BRFL-CC | – | .040 (n = 227) | .009 (n = 227) | .001 (n = 228) | −.062 (n = 232) | .042 (n = 226) | .080 (n = 229) | .015 (n = 230) | ||||
| BRFL-MO | – | .323*** (n = 597) | −.104* (n = 594) | .018 (n = 599) | −.035 (n = 591) | −.065 (n = 594) | .084* (n = 597) | |||||
| BRFL-SD | – | −.007 (n = 599) | −.070 (n = 601) | .068 (n = 595) | .062 (n = 598) | −.090* (n = 601) |
BRFL-12 Brief Reasons for Living Inventory, BRFL-10 Brief Reasons for Living Inventory without child-related items, BRFL-FS “fear of suicide and death” subscale, BRFL-RF “responsibility to family”, BRFL-SC “survival and coping beliefs”, BRFL-CC “child-related concerns” subscale, BRFL-MO “moral objections” subscale, BRFL-SD “fear of social disapproval”, DSI-SS Depressive Symptom Inventory – Suicidality Subscale, F-SozU Social Support Scale, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire (excluding item 9), INQ-PB Perceived Burdensomeness Subscale of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire, PMH Positive Mental Health Scale. * p < .05; ** p < .01; *** p < .001