AUTHOR=Choi Ki-Hyun , Ha Jung Hee , Jue Juliet 

TITLE=Development and validation of suicide crisis scale for international students in South Korea

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=15

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1417549

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1417549

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>This study created and validated a scale to measure the level of suicide crisis among international students attending South Korean universities.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Study 1 developed questions and constructed the components of the scale using an initial survey of 248 people and exploratory factor analysis. Study 2 validated the scale using a second survey of 340 participants and confirmatory factor analysis.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The results showed that 21 items were confirmed in six factors, which include lack of social support, burdensomeness, maladaptation to Korean culture, academic maladjustment, suicidal thoughts, and suicide risk.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>We verified the convergent validity, criterion validity, and reliability of the scale. The significance and implications of this study are presented, along with suggestions for future research.</p></sec>