Reliability and validity study of the Turkish Version of the Psychache Scale

Demirkol, Mehmet Emin; Güleç, Hüseyin; Çakmak, Soner; Namlı, Zeynep; Güleç, Medine Yazıcı; Güçlü, Nazmiye; Tamam, Lut

doi:10.5455/apd.292935

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“…Higher scores from the scale indicate higher levels of psychache. The Cronbach alpha value was 0.98 in the validity and reliability study of the Turkish version [26].…”

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confidence: 94%

Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the tolerance for mental pain scale-10

Demirkol

Tamam

Namlı

et al. 2019

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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OBJECTIVE: Psychological pain has been accepted as one of the most critical psychological risk factors underlying suicidal ideation and behaviour. Suicide is chosen as a way to get rid of intense, painful and unbearable psychological pain. Since the level of tolerance rather than the intensity of psychological pain was considered to be more predictive for suicide, we aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Tolerance for Mental Pain Scale-10 (TMPS-10). METHODS: A total of 121 patients diagnosed with depression in 62 of them had previous suicide attempts and 105 healthy controls who applied to the outpatient clinics of Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine Psychiatry Department were included in the study. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSIS), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Psychache Scale (PS) and TMPS-10 were applied to participants. RESULTS: In the internal consistency analysis, Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96 for enduring the pain, 0.96 for managing the pain, 0.98 for the whole scale, and item-total correlation coefficients were found to be between 0.87 and 0.93. The scale fit well to both the two-factor and single-factor structure in the confirmatory factor analysis. The multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that both the depressive patients and the control group interpreted the scale items in the same way. In convergent validity analysis, there was a negative, linear, high and statistically significant relationship between TMPS-10 scores and PS, BSIS, BDI and BHS scores (r = −0.935; −0.779; −0.890; −0.808; p < .0.001, respectively). In discriminant function analysis, TMPS-10 successfully differentiated the depressive group and the control group, as well as the depressive patients who did or did not attempt suicide (96.5%, 88.1%, respectively). CONCLUSION: The Turkish version of TMPS-10 is valid and reliable, and may be useful in research and clinical practices about suicide. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Higher scores from the scale indicate higher levels of psychache. The Cronbach alpha value was 0.98 in the validity and reliability study of the Turkish version [26].…”

Section: Psychache Scale (Ps)mentioning

confidence: 94%

Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the tolerance for mental pain scale-10

Demirkol

Tamam

Namlı

et al. 2019

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

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“…In the Turkish adaptation study of the PS, the success of the scale was 90% in classifying the patient and the healthy group and 65.1% in classifying the patient group with and without suicide attempts. 16 Similar to PS, the UP3 correctly classifies depressive patients who attempt suicide and those who do not, at a rate of 66.90%, and the patient and healthy groups at 82%. These results show that the UP3 can be helpful in monitoring the suicide risk of depressive patients and in daily practice and clinical research to distinguish clinical and non-clinical samples.…”

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confidence: 93%

Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Unbearable Psychache Scale

Namlı¹,

Demirkol²,

Tamam³

et al. 2022

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Background : Suicide is a significant public health issue globally, and psychological pain (psychache) is one of the principal risk factors for suicide. It is suggested that when psychache becomes intolerable, suicide attempts are made to get rid of the pain. This study aims to investigate the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Unbearable Psychache Scale, which assesses psychache quickly. Methods: In this study, we included 136 patients with depression, 45 (33.09%) of whom had previous suicide attempts, and 120 healthy controls. The participants filled out the Unbearable Psychache Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Psychache Scale, and Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale. Results: The Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Psychache Scale, Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale, and Unbearable Psychache Scale mean scores were significantly higher in the patients than healthy controls ( P < .001 for each). The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of the Unbearable Psychache Scale was 0.96 in the internal consistency analysis. The item-total score values were between 0.96 and 0.97. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the Unbearable Psychache Scale was loaded under 1 factor with an eigenvalue above 1 and explained 89.80% of the total variance. The factor loads were between 0.94 and 0.96. There was a significant correlation between the Unbearable Psychache Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, Psychache Scale, and Mee-Bunney Psychological Pain Assessment Scale ( P < .001 for each). The Unbearable Psychache Scale differentiated 82% of the patients from the control group and 66.90% of the patients with suicidal attempts from those without suicide attempts. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the Turkish version of the Unbearable Psychache Scale was valid and reliable and can be used in depressive patients and healthy individuals.

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“…It consists of 13 items. Turkish validity and reliability studies were conducted by Demirkol et al (2018), and it was found to be valid and reliable. In this study, the Cronbach's alpha value was found .97.…”

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Research of Psychological Characteristics in the Case of Suicide

2023

Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry &Amp; Psychology

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Suicidal behavior is a lifelong global condition. The study was conducted to investigate the psychological characteristics of individuals who attempted suicide, had suicidal ideation and did not have suicidal ideation or attempt. 482 people between the ages of 18-55 participated in the study; 108 of whom were suicide attempter, 197 were suicidal ideation and 177 were non-ideator. Data was collected through Demographic-

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Reliability and validity study of the Turkish Version of the Psychache Scale

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Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the tolerance for mental pain scale-10

Validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the tolerance for mental pain scale-10

Validity and Reliability Study of the Turkish Version of the Unbearable Psychache Scale

Research of Psychological Characteristics in the Case of Suicide

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