Prediction of Suicide: A Replication Study.

Farberow, Norman L.; MacKinnon, Douglas

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Publication Date: 1975

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Prediction of Suicide: A Replication Study

Farberow, Norman L.; MacKinnon, Douglas

Journal of Personality Assessment, 39, 5, 497-501, Oct 75

A replication study was conducted to retest the validity of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Suicide Potential Scale. Fifty four patients who had committed suicide and fifty who had not were the population studied to test, if possible, the limits of prediction the scale can attain by judging the behavior of these patients. (DEP)

Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Institutionalized Persons, Personality Assessment, Predictive Validity, Probability, Suicide

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