Psychometric properties of two Arabic Suicide Scales: stigma and literacy

Aldalaykeh, Mohammed; Dalky, Heyam; Shahrour, Ghada; Rababa, Mohammad

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03877

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“…The literacy level of this sample was found to be the lowest compared to the findings of other studies which used the LOSS among different populations (e.g. public community and university students) in the following countries: Australia (Batterham et al, 2013a , 2013b ), China (Han et al, 2017 ), Turkey (Öztürk & Akin, 2018 ), and Jordan (Aldalaykeh et al, 2020 ). This could be explained by the fact that the participants in the current study were aged 16–24 years, with a mean age of 18.6 years, which is considered young.…”

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“…The total score is obtained by summing the number of true answers and then converting the number into a percentage ranging from 0 to 100%, with higher scores indicating higher suicide literacy levels. A validated Arabic version of this scale was used in this study (Aldalaykeh et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…Each subscale’s possible mean score ranges between one and five, with a mean score higher than three indicating agreement with the targeted concept. A validated Arabic version of this scale was used in this study (Aldalaykeh et al, 2020 ). In this study, the Cronbach’s alpha for the SOSS-SF subscales were 0.76 for stigmatizing attitude toward suicide, 0.73 for attribution of isolation or depression on suicide, and 0.67 for normalization or glorification of suicide.…”

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“…Another study found that about 57.7% of Jordanian university students had mild to moderate levels of depression and among these students, 76% reported religious practices as being their preferred help-seeking behavior, followed by talking with family and friends (44.8%) (Aldalaykeh et al, 2019 ). Only one recent study reported that Jordanian university students had low levels of suicide literacy and high levels of stigma towards suicide (Aldalaykeh et al, 2020 ). Therefore, it is vital to investigate the phenomena of suicide and its effects on psychological help-seeking attitudes among Arab youth, as they are considered to be a vulnerable population at a high risk of suicide.…”

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Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and psychological help seeking attitudes among Arab youth

Al-Shannaq

Aldalaykeh

2021

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To date, very little is known about the current situation of suicide and its effects on psychological help-seeking attitudes in Arab countries. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the levels of suicide literacy and suicide stigma and their relationships with attitudes towards seeking psychological help among a sample of Arab youth in Jordan. A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted using an anonymous online self-report survey to collect data. This study included a total of 707 Arab youth aged 16–24 years (mean = 18.60, SD = 1.95). Most of the participants were male ( n = 398, 56.3%). The participants were found to have very low suicide literacy levels, relatively high suicide stigma levels, and negative attitudes towards seeking psychological help. Family members, relatives, and friends were the most frequently reported sources of psychological help, while mental healthcare professionals were the least frequently reported sources. A significant negative correlation was found between attitudes towards seeking psychological help and both stigmatization and glorification subscales of suicide stigma. While a significant positive correlation was found between attitudes towards seeking psychological help and suicide literacy. The predictors of attitudes towards seeking psychological help were gender, suicide literacy, and glorification of suicide stigma among Arab youth. The results of this study confirm the presence of an urgent need for designing and implementing educational programs and awareness campaigns on suicide and mental health among youth in schools and universities. Such interventions may increase knowledge, decrease stigma, change psychological help-seeking attitudes, and hence improve the use of mental health services and may prevent suicide among this age group.

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2021

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“…The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) that was developed by Batterham et al [ 25 ] is one of the most popular measures capturing public stigma. The SOSS has been translated and validated in different languages, including Arabic [ 27 ], Japanese [ 28 ], and Chinese [ 29 ]. The scale has been shown to predict professional help-seeking [ 13 , 30 ], as a higher score on the SOSS was associated with lower help-seeking intentions [ 30 ].…”

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Perceived Suicide Stigma and Associated Factors in Chinese College Students: Translation and Validation of the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivors Scale

Chen

Batterham

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This study aims to translate and validate two perceived suicide stigma scales, including the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale (STOSA) and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivor Scale (STOSASS) into Chinese language, examining the factor structure, and assessing the correlation between suicide stigma and a series of variables. After translating and back translating the STOSA and STOSASS, an online survey was administrated to 412 college students in China. These two scales were tested for their dimensionality in a series of confirmatory factor analyses. A series of regression analyses were conducted to examine the factors that are associated with perceived and public suicide stigma, including demographics, psychological distress, suicidality, suicide exposure, and perceived entitativity of suicide ideators, decedents, and survivors. The results showed that the two translated scales, STOSA and STOSASS, were reliable (Cronbach’s α = 0.79~0.83) and valid in Chinese contexts and it can be treated as unidimensional scales. Suicidality, exposure to suicide, and perceived entitativity of suicide-related persons were significantly associated with higher endorsement of public suicide stigma (SOSS Stigma, ps < 0.03), but not perceived stigma (STOSA, STOSASS). Higher levels of psychological distress were associated with both higher perceived and public suicide stigma (ps < 0.05).

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Literacy and stigma of suicide in Bangladesh: Scales validation and status assessment among university students

Arafat¹,

Hussain

Hossain³

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Brain and Behavior

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Background: Increased suicide literacy and reduced stigma toward suicide facilitate the care-seeking for suicidal behavior. However, no attempt has been identified to determine these two vital aspects in Bangladesh. Objectives:We aimed to validate the literacy of suicide scale and stigma of suicide scale into Bangla along with the determination of the level of suicide literacy and stigma toward suicide. Methods:We conducted this study between April and June 2021. Data were collected from medical school and university students by Google form. We used a questionnaire consisting of four segments (i.e., sociodemographic questionnaire, a questionnaire for suicidal behavior, Bangla literacy of suicide scale [LOSS-B], and Bangla stigma of suicide scale [SOSS-B]) for data collection. We tested the psychometric properties of the scales in a sample of 529 students and examined factors associated with suicide stigma and literacy. Results:The mean age of the students was 22.61 ± 1.68 (range 18-27) years, 274 (51.8%) were males, 476 (89.9%) were graduate students, and 490 (92.6%) were unmarried. The mean score of LOSS was 4.27 ± 1.99 ranging from 0 to 10. Factor analysis revealed acceptable psychometric properties of SOSS-B. The literacy was significantly higher in females, students of medicine, having a family history of suicidal attempts, and a history of student nonfatal attempts, while stigma was significantly lower among the females and a history of past attempts. Conclusions:This study revealed the level of literacy and stigma and culturally tested the psychometric properties of the LOSS-B and SOSS-B among university students in Bangladesh.

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Psychometric properties of two Arabic Suicide Scales: stigma and literacy

Cited by 21 publications

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Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and psychological help seeking attitudes among Arab youth

Suicide literacy, suicide stigma, and psychological help seeking attitudes among Arab youth

Perceived Suicide Stigma and Associated Factors in Chinese College Students: Translation and Validation of the Stigma of Suicide Attempt Scale and the Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivors Scale

Literacy and stigma of suicide in Bangladesh: Scales validation and status assessment among university students

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