Measurement invariance of suicide screening measures across military branch
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Military suicide screening tools are reliable across all branches of the armed forces. This ensures accurate comparisons and effective interventions for service members at risk of suicide.
Area Of Science
- Psychiatry and Mental Health
- Military Psychology
- Psychometrics
Background
- Military suicide rates are critically high, necessitating effective risk assessment tools.
- The Military Suicide Research Consortium (MSRC) developed brief suicide-risk screening measures for military personnel.
- Previous research confirmed the reliability of these measures, but cross-branch measurement equivalence was unexamined.
Purpose Of The Study
- To examine the measurement equivalence and invariance (ME/I) of four MSRC suicide-risk screening measures across different military branches.
- To establish if these screening tools yield comparable results across Army, National Guard, Navy, Marine, and Air Force samples.
- To validate the use of MSRC screeners for comparative analyses between military branches.
Main Methods
- Utilized multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses (MGCFA) on a large dataset of 4,487 military participants.
- Assessed configural, threshold, and loading invariance across five military branches (Army, National Guard, Navy, Marine, Air Force).
- Employed four validated MSRC suicide-risk screening measures.
Main Results
- The study found full measurement invariance for the four MSRC suicide-risk screening measures across all examined military branches.
- Configural, threshold, and loading invariance were supported, indicating consistent measurement properties.
- Results confirm that these brief suicide screeners function equivalently across diverse military populations.
Conclusions
- The MSRC suicide-risk screening measures demonstrate robust measurement equivalence across different military branches.
- These validated screeners can be confidently used to conduct cross-branch comparisons of suicide risk factors.
- Findings support the use of these tools for targeted interventions and research aimed at reducing military suicide.
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