Reasons for Living

DBT is based on developing a life worth living and agreeing not to self harm. The RFL is a self-report questionnaire that measures expectancies about the consequences of living versus killing oneself and assesses the importance of various reasons for living. The measure has six subscales: Survival and Coping Beliefs, Responsibility to Family, Child-Related Concerns, Fear of Suicide, Fear of Social Disapproval, and Moral Objections.

• Reasons for Living Scale