Table 4.

Factor analysis of the Columbia – suicide severity rating scale items using the promax rotation

		Factor 1	Communality
Item 1	Wish to be Dead	0.867	0.751
Item 2	Non-Specific Active Suicidal Thoughts	0.921	0.848
Item 3	Active Suicidal Ideation with Any Methods (Not Plan) without Intent to Act	0.900	0.811
Item 4	Active Suicidal Ideation with Some Intent to Act, without Specific Plan	0.919	0.844
Item 5	Active Suicidal Ideation with Specific Plan and Intent	0.854	0.730
Cronbach’s alpha		0.796
Proportion of variance explained		0.797