Journal article
Assessing Suicidal Ideation in Young People With Depression: Factor Structure of the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire
CI Moller, PB Badcock, SE Hetrick, S Rice, M Berk, OM Dean, AM Chanen, C Gao, CG Davey, SM Cotton
Omega United States | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2025
Abstract
Evaluating suicidal ideation in young people seeking mental health treatment is an important component of clinical assessment and treatment planning. To reduce the burden of youth suicide, we need to improve our understanding of suicidal ideation, its underlying constructs, and how ideation translates into suicidal behaviour. Using exploratory factor analysis, we investigated the dimensionality of the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ) among 273 participants aged 15–25 with Major Depressive Disorder. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) analysis was used to explore associations between latent factors and actual suicidal behaviour. Findings suggested that the SIQ ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The YoDA-A and YoDA-C trials were funded by the Australian government's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The funder of the studies had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of this report. This particular study did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. C.I.M. is supported by a Higher Degree Research Scholarship awarded by Suicide Prevention Australia through the National Suicide Prevention Research Fund. S.M.C. is supported by a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP1136344). S.E.H. is supported by an Auckland Medical Research Foundation Douglas Goodfellow Repatriation Fellowship. M.B. is supported by NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowships (1059660 and 1156072). O.M.D. is a R.D. Wright NHMRC Biomedical Career Development Fellow (APP1145634) and has received grant support from the Brain and Behavior Foundation, Simons Autism Foundation, Stanley Medical Research Institute, Deakin University, Lilly, NHMRC and ASBDD/Servier. She has also received in kind support from BioMedica Nutraceuticals, NutritionCare and Bioceuticals. C.G.D. is supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1141738).