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  • The Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale (BIRFSS): Cross-Cultural Validation in Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States

    Author(s)
    Voracek, Martin
    Loibl, Lisa Mariella
    Swami, Viren
    Vintila, Mona
    Kolves, Kairi
    Sinniah, Dhachayani
    Pillai, Subash Kumar
    Ponnusamy, Subramaniam
    Sonneck, Gernot
    Furnham, Adrian
    Lester, David
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kolves, Kairi
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    The genetics of suicide is increasingly recognized and relevant for mental health literacy, but actual beliefs may lag behind current knowledge. We examined such beliefs in student samples (total N = 686) from Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States with the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale. Cultural effects were small, those of key demographics nil. Several facets of construct validity were demonstrated. Marked differences in perceived plausibility of evidence about the genetics of suicide according to research design, observed in all samples, may be of general ...
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    The genetics of suicide is increasingly recognized and relevant for mental health literacy, but actual beliefs may lag behind current knowledge. We examined such beliefs in student samples (total N = 686) from Estonia, Malaysia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the United States with the Beliefs in the Inheritance of Risk Factors for Suicide Scale. Cultural effects were small, those of key demographics nil. Several facets of construct validity were demonstrated. Marked differences in perceived plausibility of evidence about the genetics of suicide according to research design, observed in all samples, may be of general interest for investigating lay theories of abnormal behavior and communicating behavioral and psychiatric genetic research findings.
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    Journal Title
    Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
    Volume
    38
    Issue
    6
    Publisher URI
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.688/full
    Subject
    Mental health services
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/38403
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