Raw File
data.R
#' Suicide attempts and DSI sum scores of 532 subjects
#'
#' Various personality and clinical psychological characteristics were assessed
#' as part of an online-study preventing suicide. To identify persons at risk
#' for attempting suicide, various demographic and clinical characteristics
#' were assessed. Depressive Symptom Inventory - Suicidality Subscale
#' (DSA-SS) sum scores and past suicide attempts from 532 subjects are
#' included as a demonstration set to calculate optimal cutpoints. Two
#' additional demographic variables (age, gender) are also included to test
#' for group differences.
#'
#' @format A data frame with 532 rows and 4 variables:
#' \describe{
#'   \item{age}{(numeric) Age of participants in years}
#'   \item{gender}{(factor) Gender}
#'   \item{dsi}{(numeric) Sum-score (0 = low suicidality, 12 = high suicidality)}
#'   \item{suicide}{(factor) Past suicide attempt (no = no attempt, yes = at least one attempt)}
#' }
#' @source von Glischinski, M., Teisman, T., Prinz, S., Gebauer, J., and Hirschfeld, G. (2017). Depressive Symptom Inventory- Suicidality Subscale: Optimal cut points for clinical and non-clinical samples. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
"suicide"
back to top