Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised - SBQ-R

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 16, 2015

Last Modified: January 09, 2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Script Copyright © Millisecond Software, LLC

Background

This script implements the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R).

References

Osman A, Bagge CL, Gutierrez PM, Konick LC, Kopper BA, Barrios FX. (2001). The Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R): validation with clinical and nonclinical samples. Assessment, 8(4):443-54.

Duration

1 minute

Overview

The SBQ-R has 4 items, each of them addressing a different dimension of suicidality:
- lifetime suicide ideation/attempts
- frequency of suicidal ideation
- threat of suicide attempt
- likelihood of suicidal behavior in the future

Summary Data

File Name: sbq_r.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
inquisit.version Inquisit version number
computer.platform Device platform: win | mac |ios | android
startDate Date the session was run
startTime Time the session was run
subjectId Participant ID
groupId Group number
sessionId Session number
elapsedTime Session duration in ms
completed 0 = Test was not completed
1 = Test was completed
.totalScore Calculates the totalscore of the 4 questions (if all questions have been answered)
Range: 3-18
q1-
q4 Store the assigned quantitative scores for the 4 questions
(as the same quantitative score is assigned to slightly qualitatively different questions,
the raw data file stores the actual chosen response)
Q1: Range 1-4
Q2: Range 1-5
Q3: Range 1-3
Q4: Range 0-6

Raw Data

File Name: sbq_r_survey.iqdat

Data Fields

NameDescription
date Date the session was run
time Time the session was run
subject, group, session With the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build Inquisit version number
q*_response Response given
(as the same quantitative score is assigned to slightly qualitatively different questions,
the raw data file stores the actual chosen response; the summary data file
stores the assigned quantitative score
q*_latency How much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question
(the last time this particular surveyPage was visited)

Parameters

The procedure can be adjusted by setting the following parameters.

NameDescriptionDefault
pageInstructions The instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage