Validation of a Standardized Procedure for Measuring Implicit Attitudes to Suicide

Authors

  • Edwin Gerardo Luna Tascón Universidad de Nariño
  • Christian Alexander Zambrano Guerrero Universidad de Nariño
  • Ana Karen Ceballos Mora Universidad de Nariño
  • Fredy Hernan Villalobos Galvis Universidad de Nariño

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.10.2.5

Keywords:

Evaluation Procedure, Implicit Attitudes, IRAP, Suicide, University Students

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to validate a standardized procedure for measuring attitudes towards suicide in university students. As the concurrent validation criteria for the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) to suicide (IRAP-HS), the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideas Inventory (PANSI) and the Beck Hopelessness Scale were administered to a sample of 102 students of the University of Nariño. Although the results found lack of a strong response to consider the clinical applicability of the IRAP-HS in the short term, the behavior of the DIRAP scores (obtained through a process that seeks to counteract the effects of participant variability related to factors such as age, motor skills and intelligence) in the different comparison groups does not definitively allow dismissing that the response latency to the trials is being affected by the degree of consistency between the verbal network of the participants and the relationships specified in the contingency arrangements of the procedure. Finally, some implications of the results for the applicability of IRAP-HS in clinical practice are analyzed.

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Author Biographies

Edwin Gerardo Luna Tascón, Universidad de Nariño

Psicólogo, Maestro en Educación desde la Diversidad, Docente Investigador Universidad de NariñoPsicólogo, Maestro en educación desde la diversidad, docente investigador.

Christian Alexander Zambrano Guerrero, Universidad de Nariño

Psicólogo, Maestro en Educación desde la Diversidad, Docente Investigador Universidad de Nariño.

Ana Karen Ceballos Mora, Universidad de Nariño

Psicóloga, Maestra en Salud Pública, Investigadora Universidad de Nariño

Fredy Hernan Villalobos Galvis, Universidad de Nariño

Psicólogo, Doctor en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud, Docente Investigador Universidad de Nariño

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Published

2017-07-31

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Luna Tascón, E. G., Zambrano Guerrero, C. A., Ceballos Mora, A. K., & Villalobos Galvis, F. H. (2017). Validation of a Standardized Procedure for Measuring Implicit Attitudes to Suicide. CES Psicología, 10(2), 66–85. https://doi.org/10.21615/cesp.10.2.5

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