Belongingness and Burdensomeness in Adolescents: Slovene Translation and Validation of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire

• DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12276
• Publication Date: 2016-07-15T06:53:14Z
• Authors: Tina Podlogar; Janina Žiberna; Vita Poštuvan; David C. R. Kerr
• Keywords: Male; Suicide Prevention; Adolescent; Depression; 4. Education; Slovenia; Suicidal Ideation; 3. Good health; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Surveys and Questionnaires; Humans; Female; Interpersonal Relations; Crime Victims

The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ) for assessing thwarted belongingness (TB) and perceived burdensomeness (PB) has not been validated with community adolescents. We translated and administered the INQ to 307 Slovenian adolescents twice over 2–3 months and found that the 15‐item version (INQ‐15) did not fit without modification. TB and PB scales correlated with concurrent and later suicide ideation and lifetime suicide attempt history. The latent PB factor was associated with concurrent and later ideation controlling for TB, age, gender, depressive symptoms, binge drinking, and peer victimization. Suicide ideation and binge drinking were independently related to attempt history. Assessing and intervening on PB and binge drinking may be promising approaches to suicide prevention with community adolescents.