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The Fearlessness About Suicide Scale (FSS) was created to study people’s lack of fear about dying. It’s based on the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide (IPTS) and uses questions from existing scales. The FSS was tested in two studies and found to have seven questions that measure a single factor. The scale is reliable, valid, and works the same for both men and women.
Test Format:
Items are rated using a 7-point scale.
Source:
Grunewald, William, Perkins, Natalie M., Jeon, Min Eun, Klonsky, E. David, Joiner, Thomas E., & Smith, April R. (2024). Development and validation of the Fearlessness About Suicide Scale. Assessment, Vol 31(6), 1189-1203. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10731911231200866
Fearlessness About Suicide Scale
| 13.* It would be painful and frightening to take my own life. |
| 16.* I am afraid to use any method to kill myself. |
| 21.* Picturing my own suicide is a very scary thing for me. |
| 22.* Even if I wanted to, killing myself is too scary to follow through with. |
| 24. I could kill myself if I wanted to. |
| 30. If I thought others would be better off without me, I wouldn’t be afraid to kill myself |
| 31. Over time, I expect I’ll be less afraid of suicide. |
Note. Items are presented on a seven-point Likert-type scale from 0 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). Total scores are obtained by summing all item responses, with a possible range of scores from 0 to 42. *The item was reverse-coded.
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Mohammed looti (2026). Fearlessness About Suicide Scale. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fearlessness-about-suicide-scale/
Mohammed looti. "Fearlessness About Suicide Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 3 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fearlessness-about-suicide-scale/.
Mohammed looti. "Fearlessness About Suicide Scale." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fearlessness-about-suicide-scale/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Fearlessness About Suicide Scale', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/fearlessness-about-suicide-scale/.
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