Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire.
INQ
- What it measures
- Two suicide-risk constructs from the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide: Perceived Burdensomeness and Thwarted Belongingness
- Length and format
- 15 (also 10, 12, 18, 25 versions). 7-point Likert (1 not at all true - 7 very true) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Several incl. ZH (Chinese), IT (INQ-15-I), and others; English original
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Van Orden, K.A., et al. (2012). Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness: construct validity and psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 24(1), 197-215.
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