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The Validity and Reliability of the Persian Version of Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) in the Iranian Military Youth.
- Source :
- Iranian Journal of War & Public Health; Winter2024, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aims: Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the world. It is important to evaluate its prevalence through valid tools. Among various tools, the Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) has not yet been validated for Persian speaking people. Therefore, the aim of this study was to translate, evaluate and validate Batterham PJ., Calear AL et al.'s 2012 Literacy of Suicide Scale (LOSS) in the young military community. Materials & Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with a methodological approach. The sample was recruited from young military personnel who referred to counseling and psychology clinics that were chosen through convenience sampling. At first, the original version was obtained and translated into Persian by the Forward-Backward method. Then, in order to evaluate the content validity ten experts have examined the scale and content validity ratio (CVR) as well as the content validity index (CVI) of the questionnaire. Face validity was also assessed through a sample of 20 subjects from the study population. The test-retest with a two week interval along with Cronbach's alpha were utilized to examine the reliability. Finally, the questionnaire was distributed among 415 subjects to evaluate the construct and convergent validity. Findings: The results showed that based on CVR, CVI and face validity, all questions of the LOSS were at acceptable levels. The Cronbach's alpha for the subscales were estimated to be between 0.71 and 0.76, and for the total scale was 0.75. Also, all components of LOSS had a significant relationship with the total score of this questionnaire (r>0.2). Conclusion: The Persian version of LOSS has acceptable validity and reliability for use among young military personnel. However, further studies among populations with different cultures or demographics are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
CLINICAL psychology
CRONBACH'S alpha
DATA analysis
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
HEALTH of military personnel
RESEARCH evaluation
STATISTICAL sampling
QUESTIONNAIRES
TRANSLATIONS
COMMUNITIES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
EXPERIMENTAL design
SUICIDE
RESEARCH
TEST validity
STATISTICAL reliability
PSYCHOMETRICS
STATISTICS
RESEARCH methodology
COUNSELING
DATA analysis software
MILITARY personnel
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20082622
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Iranian Journal of War & Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176893146