articlePsychological AssessmentJan 1, 2007Closed access

Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview: Development, reliability, and validity in an adolescent sample.

MKMatthew K. NockEBElizabeth B. HolmbergVIValerie I. PhotosBDBethany D. Michel

Harvard University · Harvard University Press

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Abstract

The authors developed the Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) and evaluated its psychometric properties. The SITBI is a structured interview that assesses the presence, frequency, and characteristics of a wide range of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors, including suicidal ideation, suicide plans, suicide gestures, suicide attempts, and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). This initial study, based on the administration of the SITBI to 94 adolescents and young adults, suggested that the SITBI has strong interrater reliability (average kappa = .99, r = 1.0) and test-retest reliability (average kappa = .70, intraclass correlation coefficient = .44) over a 6-month period. Moreover, concurrent…

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  • Psychology
  • Inter-rater reliability
  • Kappa
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Intraclass correlation
  • Clinical psychology
  • Poison control
  • Test validity
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  • Good health and well-being
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