An analysis of the Painful and Provocative Events Scale: Some painful and provocative findings

This research investigated the latent structure and correlates of the 26-item Painful and Provocative Events Scale (PPES). For a sample of 290 community respondents, results from parallel analysis indicated a 5-factor structure. Based on principal axis factoring with varimax rotation, scales of Inte...

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Published in:Death studies 2024, Vol.48 (10), p.1057-1064
Main Authors: Holden, Ronald R., Campos, Rui C., D'Agata, Madeleine T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pain - psychology
Psychometrics
Risk-Taking
Suicide - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:This research investigated the latent structure and correlates of the 26-item Painful and Provocative Events Scale (PPES). For a sample of 290 community respondents, results from parallel analysis indicated a 5-factor structure. Based on principal axis factoring with varimax rotation, scales of Intense physicality, Physical and mental trauma, Physical risk taking, Psychopathy, and Body enhancement were constructed, and these demonstrated a pattern of convergent and discriminant correlations with suicide-associated and demographic variables that supported the delineation of these scales as being distinct. In general, results challenge the current scoring of the PPES and, with developed scales being differentially related to demographic variables, indicate that both respondent age and sex require consideration for scale score interpretation.
ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481187.2023.2300003