Table 2 Item properties for the BSS-Screen and total scores

Item

M

SD

P _i

%^a

r _it

M

SD

P _i

%^a

r _it

1 Wish to live

0.05

0.24

3

3.8

.78

0.68

0.71

33

53.6

0.72

2 Wish to die

0.05

0.25

3

4.2

.78

0.67

0.69

33

54.5

0.80

3 Reasons for living or dying

0.045

0.24

3

3.8

.73

0.59

0.67

29

49.1

0.76

4 Active suicide attempt

0.02

0.18

1

2.0

.70

0.53

0.64

26

44.7

0.54

5 Passive suicide attempt

0.05

0.27

3

4.3

.71

1.18

0.51

58

94.6

0.44

 BSS-Screen total score

0.22

0.98

2

–

–

3.64

2.54

36

–

–

 Number of endorsed items^a

0.18

0.75

–

–

–

2.96

1.58

–

–

–