sis really be a reliable measure of a person`s suicidal motivations? Researchers at the University of British Columbia used the The Inventory of Motivations for Suicide Attempts( IMSA) a n d claimed it to be the first scientifically tested and most accurate tool of measuring motivations in suicide. The IMSA was specifically designed to evaluate comprehensively the major motivational theories associated with suicide. It is certainly the most up to date model and has improved on past questionnaires by using the ten most common suicidal motivations, be they external or
internal, as its basis. However, more experiments need to be done using the IMSA to show just how valid the results are. As in any relatively new measurement technique only over
time and with practical applications can its reliability be thoroughly tested.
Many will question how reliable any questionnaire is in regard to this topic, especially when high emotions are involved, can a questionnaire really provide reliable answers?
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Throughout the past thirty years many of the experiments and research into suicide have used questionnaires as an effective way of grading suicide factors and assessing motivations, and the questionnaire remains the most common way of assessing suicidal factors and motivations. However limited a questionnaire may be it seems that no better alternative has yet been found.
Outside of the profession many people view suicide as an escape from external factors and not always as a psychological problem.
sis really be a reliable measure of a person`s suicidal motivations? Researchers at the University of British Columbia used the The Inventory of Motivations for Suicide Attempts( IMSA) a n d claimed it to be the first scientifically tested and most accurate tool of measuring motivations in suicide. The IMSA was specifically designed to evaluate comprehensively the major motivational theories associated with suicide. It is certainly the most up to date model and has improved on past questionnaires by using the ten most common suicidal motivations, be they external or
internal, as its basis. However, more experiments need to be done using the IMSA to show just how valid the results are. As in any relatively new measurement technique only over
time and with practical applications can its reliability be thoroughly tested.
Many will question how reliable any questionnaire is in regard to this topic, especially when high emotions are involved, can a questionnaire really provide reliable answers?
20
Throughout the past thirty years many of the experiments and research into suicide have used questionnaires as an effective way of grading suicide factors and assessing motivations, and the questionnaire remains the most common way of assessing suicidal factors and motivations. However limited a questionnaire may be it seems that no better alternative has yet been found.
Outside of the profession many people view suicide as an escape from external factors and not always as a psychological problem.