Table 5.
Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve Analyses Statistics and the Clinical Cutoff Scores of Unstandardized Thwarted Belongingness and Perceived Burdensomeness Scores as Separate Predictors of Desire for Death and Desire for Suicide
| Total Sample: Desire for Death (BSS item 2) |
Men Subsample: Desire for Death (BSS item 2) |
Women Subsample: Desire for Death (BSS item 2) |
Total Sample: Desire for Suicide (BSS item 4) |
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| TB Maximum Youden Index | 0.37 | ---- | ---- | 0.41 |
| TB Sensitivity | 0.88 | ---- | ---- | 0.95 |
| TB Specificity | 0.49 | ---- | ---- | 0.46 |
| TB Area Under the Curve | 0.74 | ---- | ---- | 0.74 |
| TB Cutoff Score | 35 | ---- | ---- | 50 |
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| PB Maximum Youden Index | 0.56 | 0.72 | 0.51 | 0.57 |
| PB Sensitivity | 0.79 | 0.96 | 0.87 | 0.89 |
| PB Specificity | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.68 |
| PB Area Under the Curve | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.83 |
| PB Cutoff Score | 19 | 22 | 17 | 30 |
Note. TB = Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire Thwarted Belongingness Score; PB = Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire Perceived Burdensomeness Score; BSS item 2 = Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation item 2 assessing desire for death; BSS item 4 = Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation item 4 assessing desire for suicide.