Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Suicide Status Form-IV

Authors

Nicolas Oakey-Frost, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Ross Divers, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Emma H. Moscardini, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Sarah Pardue-Bourgeois, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Jessica Gerner, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Anthony Robinson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Eathan Breaux, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Kathleen A. Crapanzano, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
Matthew Calamia, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow
David A. Jobes, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Raymond P. Tucker, LSU Health Sciences Center - New OrleansFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-3-2023

Publication Title

Assessment

Abstract

The Suicide Status Form-IV (SSF-IV) is the measure used in the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS). The SSF-IV Core Assessment measures various domains of suicide risk. Previous studies established a two-factor solution in small, homogeneous samples; no investigations have assessed measurement invariance. The current investigation sought to replicate previous factor analyses and used measurement invariance to identify differences in the Core Assessment by race and gender. Adults (N = 731) were referred for a CAMS consultation after exhibiting risk for suicide. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated good fit for both one- and two-factor solutions while the two-factor solution is potentially redundant. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance held across race and gender. Ordinal logistic regression models indicated that neither race nor gender significantly moderated the relationship between the Core Assessment total score and clinical outcomes. Findings support a measurement invariant, one-factor solution for the SSF-IV Core Assessment.

First Page

574

Last Page

587

PubMed ID

37138520

Volume

31

Issue

3

Recommended Citation

Oakey-Frost, Nicolas; Divers, Ross; Moscardini, Emma H.; Pardue-Bourgeois, Sarah; Gerner, Jessica; Robinson, Anthony; Breaux, Eathan; Crapanzano, Kathleen A.; Calamia, Matthew; Jobes, David A.; and Tucker, Raymond P., "Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Suicide Status Form-IV" (2023). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 2219.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/2219
10.1177/10731911231170150