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Psychological assessment I
Integrantes: Ana Burbano – Eilyn Carlozama
SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE INSTRUMENT:
In this research, an instrumental application was made and for this, it was accounted for the
collaboration of educational institutions in the city of Pasto, according to studies
previous The presence of suicidal behaviors in secondary education students and
university in Latin America has been reported by different investigations, likewise
In the municipality of Pasto, deaths by suicide, as well as 70% of attempts, occur
in individuals aged between 15 and 29 years, which corresponds to the developmental stage of
middle and late adolescence, and young adulthood, these are ages that are
closely related to the beginning or completion of university, school and
labor, hence the importance of implementing studies and research that help to
identifying the protective risk factors for the onset of suicidal ideation up to
attempts of the same. For this study, the subjects decided to participate in a way
voluntary, a probabilistic sampling was carried out based on sex and school years. It
it counted with the participation of 643 participants from 6 schools and 2 universities in the city
from Pasto. The participation of men and women was balanced, that is to say 320
men and 323 women, the age ranged between 10 and 30 years, where the average age was
of 16.8 and some more frequent ages were between 13 and 15 years and the least
frequent were those over 27 years old, the study covered the population of students from
6th year of high school and 5th year of university.
CLASSIFICATION IN THE APPLICATION:
This instrument is an adaptation through the technique of simple translation for the
Qualification process must take into account that the PANSI test consists of 15 items.
those related to suicidal ideation (protective factors) and 7 of suicidal ideation
negative (risk factors) which are evaluated in relation to the last week and in the
They ask how often each of the 14 thoughts has been presented.
a 5-point scale, where 0 is never and 4 is always. With respect to the scale of
Beck's hopelessness scale which consists of 22 items with false and true response format
true, which evaluate the most important aspects of hopelessness:
feelings about the future, loss of motivation and negative expectations. In the
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is a scale that is
consists of 20 items with 4 response options, which assesses the symptoms of depression.
in the last two weeks in the general population. The symptoms are grouped: mood
depressive, somatic symptoms, social problems and well-being. Rosenberg scale which
It aims to evaluate self-esteem in adolescents and consists of 10 items.
whose contents focus on feelings of respect and self-acceptance
redactan de manera positva y 5 de manera negatva, permite tener una puntuación mínima
minimum of 10 and maximum of 40
TYPIFICATION IN RATING
For the qualification process in each applied test, it must be taken into account that the
The PANSI test consists of 14 questions that have a scoring model with
scores of 5 points where 0 is never and 4 always, on the other hand, in the scales
additionally mentioned in the previous section, the CEDS test consists of 20 items,
each of which corresponds to a common and representative symptom of the disorder
depressive. Four of them (the 4th, 8th, 12th, and 16th) are presented in a positive manner it should be given
response regarding the frequency with which each symptom was experienced "During the
last week
vez o ninguna vez (1 día o menos) ", "Alguna vez o unas pocas veces (1 a 2 días) ",
["Occasionally or several times (3 to 4 days)","Most of the time (5 to 7 days)"]
In this case, the total score of the scale can vary between 0 to 20 points and represents the
number of symptoms experienced at least once during the past week.
Regarding the Rosenberg test, the following interpretation should be taken into account,
items 1 to 5, answers A to D are scored from 4 to 1 of items 6 to 10, the
answers A to D are scored from 1 to 4, 30-40 points is considered as a
normal self-esteem from 26 to 29 points: average self-esteem, does not present problems of
serious self-esteem, but it is advisable to improve less than 25 points: low self-esteem.
There are significant problems of self-esteem and lastly the scale of hopelessness
Beck must take into account that 1 point is awarded when 'true' has been answered.
to the following questions: 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20. 1 point when it has been
answered "false" to the questions: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 19. 0 points on all others
cases, considering 0-3 points: Normality 4-8 points: Mild despair 9-14 points:
Moderate hopelessness 15-20 points: Severe hopelessness
TYPIFICATION OF INTERPRETATION
In this section, it is important to highlight that comparisons were made between men and
women, and among high school and university students. Regarding the solution
factorial, the first outgoing component (for both the total sample and for the
subgroups) was that of negative suicidal thoughts, or suicidal thoughts proper, in the
which significantly saturated 8 items, in whose content it was outlined that the
The person considered suicide as a possibility in light of a series of circumstances.
negatives that significantly affected their life. The second factor, known
like positive suicidal ideas or protective ideas against suicide, was composed of 6
items characterized by presenting thoughts of self-efficacy and hope towards
the future, and for which the possibility of suicide was discarded. On the other hand, it was observed
that 35% of students reported some suicidal behavior during their lives and,
specifically, 20% had suicidal thoughts. Finally, it is important
recognize how the total scale scores of the PANSI show a
differential behavior among the various groups of suicidal behavior
RELIABILITY
In analysis and making a relationship, reliability in psychometrics is the degree of
the consistency that an instrument has, in the PANSI test we found that they are
statistically significant, demonstrating that in the Cronbach Alpha statistic it was
0.89 demonstrating a high consistency among the reagents as it is considered a value
acceptable with a minimum of 0.7, where low consistency tests are already considered.
Analyzing the internal consistency of the first factor (negative ideas), a
Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .931. It was determined that the items have a high
correlation with the subscale expressed in coefficients that vary between .59 and -82, which
it demonstrates that there is a high relationship. The second factor (positive ideas) had a
high Cronbach coefficient of .836. In this case, it was also observed that the coefficients
Item-test correlation ranges between .411 and .717, thus demonstrating a good relationship.
among them. Both the total scale and each of the subscales of the PANSI have a
good internal consistency
VALIDITY
Considering that validity refers to whether the instrument measures accurately
or a low error what should be measured, it was found that this instrument is valid, since by
means of the validity of discriminant construct where the construct that should not
having no relation to each other, nor latent; and convergent in this the constructs that
They are truly related, as previously mentioned.
the PANSI scale meets the conditions proposed by the theory because it
evidence positive relationships with instruments that share attributes IS CESD (scale
of suicidal ideas) and presents negative correlation coefficients with AER the scale of
Rosenberg self-esteem scale.
Finally, as an additional element of evidence for the construct validity of the scale,
It was expected that the PANSI would present a behavior aligned with the concept of spectrum.
suicidal, that is to say, as more serious suicidal behaviors appeared, the
the scores of the scale were increasing
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reliability, validity and cut-off points of the depression scale of the Center for Studies
Epidemiological (CES-D). Santiago de Chile. Psyc Rev v. (28) n. (1)
Terry Gangrera. (2017). Suicidal thoughts: self-help guide: Scale of
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