Can the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) be used as a suicide risk scale? : an exploratory study Articles uri icon

authors

  • BLASCO FONTECILLA, HILARIO
  • DELGADO GOMEZ, DAVID
  • LEGIDO-GIL, T.
  • LEON, J DE
  • PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, MM
  • BACA GARCIA, E

publication date

  • January 2012

start page

  • 13

end page

  • 28

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 16

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1381-1118

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1543-6136

abstract

  • The objective of this research was to examine whether the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale, a life event scale, can be used to identify suicide attempters. The Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale's ability to identify suicide attempters was tested in 1183 subjects (478 suicide attempters, 197 psychiatric inpatients, and 508 healthy controls) using the Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis and traditional psychometric methods. The Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis outperformed traditional psychometric approaches (area under the curve: 0.85 vs. 0.78; p < 0.05) and indicated that this scale may be used to identify suicide attempters. The life events that better characterized suicide attempters were change in frequency of arguments, marital separation, and personal injury. The Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale may help identify suicide attempters

keywords

  • fisher linear discriminant analysis; life events; suicide attempters