Longitudinal measurement invariance of the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation

• Published in: Psychiatry research Vol. 225; no. 3; pp. 368 - 373
• Main Authors: de Beurs, Derek P., Fokkema, Marjolein, de Groot, Marieke H., de Keijser, Jos, Kerkhof, Ad J.F.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 28.02.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Measurement invariance; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Response bias; Response shift; Screener; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide ideation; BSS; CI; PITSTOP suicide; CFI; Response bias; Screener; ROM; RMSEA; Response shift; MI; Suicide ideation; Measurement invariance; d.f; CFA; measurement invariance; degrees of freedom; root mean square error of approximation; professionals in training to STOP suicide; routine outcome monitoring; confirmatory factor analysis; confidence interval; Beck Scale for Suicide ideation; comparative fit index

In mental health care, both clinical and scientific decisions are based on within-subject comparisons of test scores on the same self-report questionnaire at different points in time. To establish the validity of test score comparisons over time, longitudinal measurement invariance should be establi...