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. 2001 Dec;8(4):443-54.
doi: 10.1177/107319110100800409.

The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R): validation with clinical and nonclinical samples

A Osman  1 , C L Bagge, P M Gutierrez, L C Konick, B A Kopper, F X Barrios
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The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R): validation with clinical and nonclinical samples

A Osman et al. Assessment. 2001 Dec.

Abstract

Past suicidal behaviors including ideation and attempts have been identified as significant risk factors for subsequent suicidal behavior. However, inadequate attention has been given to the development or validation of measures of past suicidal behavior. The present study examined the reliability and validity of a brief self-report measure of past suicidal behavior, the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R). Participants included psychiatric inpatient adolescents, high school students, psychiatric inpatient adults, and undergraduates. Logistic regression analyses provided empirical support for the usefulness of the SBQ-R as a risk measure of suicide to differentiate between suicide-risk and nonsuicidal study participants. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses indicated that the most useful cutoff scores on the SBQ-R were 7 for nonsuicidal samples, and 8 for clinical samples. Both the single SBQ-R Item 1 and SBQ-R total scores are recommended for use in clinical and nonclinical settings.

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