Purpose: Screen for suicidal ideation in college students and adults 18 years and older

Age range: 18 to 88 years

Admin: Individual or group

Admin time: 10 minutes or less

Scoring time: 5 minutes

 

Results of several research studies support the use of the ASIQ as a valid measure of suicidal ideation. 

Whenever there is a risk of suicide, the ASIQ can quickly assess the need to take preventive action or further evaluate. The ASIQ is extremely useful as a part of intake or during treatment.

• Self-report measure; 25 items screen for suicidal ideation.

• Provides a 7-point rating scale with a built-in scoring key.

• Total score with corresponding T score and percentiles for comparison.

• Normative data collected from 2,000 normal adults, college students, and psychiatric outpatients.

• Internal consistency coefficients range from .96 to .97; retest coefficients range from .85 to .95.