This analysis drew from decades of published research to evaluate the Suicide Intent Scale. The review sought to synthesize findings related to the scale’s normative scores, reliability, & validity, & examined the objective & subjective subscales’ performance. A literature search yielded 158 studies reporting findings for this scale. Studies supported the scale’s reliability, especially that of the subscale assessing self-reported intent. Mixed findings emerged regarding convergent & predictive validity. Shortcomings in factorial validity & subscale performance, especially for adolescents, were identified. The scale has some strengths but the weaknesses require further investigation into how to better measure intent to die in attempted suicide. (97 refs.) JA