This study is conducted to construct, develop and determine the validity and reliability of the Suicide Tendency Inventory which consist of five subscale namely; a) Subscale 1: Interpersonal, b) Subscale 2: Hope, c) Subscale 3: Depression, d) Subscale 4: Stress and e) Subscale 5: Emotion. This inventory consists of 50 items which is divided into five (5) subscale where each subscale has ten items. The validity of soft skills inventory was evaluated by a panel of seven (7) experts which are made up of academic lecturers, academic staff and counselors. The finding showed the total validity of the inventory is good and acceptable which scored 0.849 (84.90%). A study was also carried out on 40 students from Sultan Idris Education University (UPSI) to obtain the reliability of the inventory. The result was analyzed and it showed a good reliability and is acceptable which is 0.893 (89.30%). Thus, the finding of this study appear to have produced the inventory with good validity and reliability and it will also be beneficial to be used in areas of counseling, hospital and in government and non government organization agencies.
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To Cite this Article: Pan, H. K., & Arip, M. A. S. M. (2018). Constructing Validity and Reliability of Suicide Tendency Inventory. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(2), 467–481.
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