BACKGROUND The main objective of this work was to design and validate a new measuring instrument, called SENTIA, for assessing suicidal behavior in Spanish adolescents. METHOD a total of 1790 randomly selected students participated in the survey. The average age was 15.70 ( SD =1.26), 53.7% of the sample were girls. RESULTS The results of exploratory factor analyses suggested that the dimensional structure that best explained the SENTIA scores was a bifactor model, specified in a general suicidal behavioral factor plus three specific factors (Ideation, Communication, and Act/Planning). SENTIA scores demonstrated adequate levels of reliability. None of the SENTIA items showed differential functioning by gender. SENTIA scores were positively associated with suicidal ideation, symptoms of depression, emotional and behavioral problems, and psychotic-like experiences. CONCLUSIONS SENTIA is a useful, easy, brief measuring instrument that has been specifically constructed and validated for the assessment of suicidal behavior in Spanish adolescents. As a screening tool, SENTIA can help the analysis, evaluation, understanding, and intervention in a the major socio-health problem that is suicide.

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SENTIA：青少年自杀行为评估量表。

背景这项工作的主要目标是设计和验证一种名为 SENTIA 的新测量仪器，用于评估西班牙青少年的自杀行为。方法 共有 1790 名随机抽取的学生参加了调查。平均年龄为 15.70 (SD =1.26)，53.7% 的样本是女孩。结果 探索性因素分析的结果表明，最能解释 SENTIA 分数的维度结构是双因素模型，在一般自杀行为因素加上三个特定因素（构思、沟通和行动/计划）中指定。SENTIA 分数证明了足够的可靠性水平。没有一个 SENTIA 项目显示出不同性别的功能差异。SENTIA 分数与自杀意念、抑郁症状、情绪和行为问题、和类似精神病的经历。结论 SENTIA 是一种有用、简单、简短的测量工具，专门构建和验证用于评估西班牙青少年的自杀行为。作为一种筛查工具，SENTIA 可以帮助分析、评估、理解和干预主要的社会健康问题——自杀。