Life Attitudes Schedule las
For: Assessment of suicide proneness based on life-threatening and life-enhancing behaviours
Reading Level: For ages 15-20 years
Format: Paper-and-Pencil
Length: 30 minutes for long version; 10 minutes for short version
Scoring: Hand Scored
Authors
Peter M. Lewinsohn, PhD., Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, PhD., Paul Rohde, PhD., & Richard Langford, PhD.
Description
The Life Attitudes Schedule (LAS) assesses the degree to which individuals engage in risk-taking or suicidal behaviours. It is based on the theoretical construct of suicide proneness: a single domain to which life-enhancing and life-threatening behaviours belong.
Half of the items on the 96-item form assess life-enhancing behaviours, while the others assess life-threatening behaviours. Items are organised according to content category and type of behaviour. The four content categories include Health-Related, Death-Related, Injury-Related, and Self-Related behaviours. Items within each content category represent three behaviour types. Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions.
Short Version – The 24-item LAS:SF is ideal for use as a screening tool. It includes the same content categories as the long version.
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