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The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report.

L R Derogatis, N Melisaratos

    Psychological Medicine
    |August 1, 1983
    PubMed
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    The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a reliable and valid short psychological scale. Developed from the SCL-90-R, it offers a concise alternative for symptom assessment.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychological assessment
    • Psychometrics
    • Clinical psychology

    Background:

    • The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is a widely used psychological self-report measure.
    • It was derived from the longer Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R).

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) as a brief psychological self-report symptom scale.
    • To present psychometric evaluations of the BSI as a short alternative to the SCL-90-R.

    Main Methods:

    • Psychometric evaluation including test-retest reliability and internal consistency.
    • Correlational analyses with the SCL-90-R.
    • Convergent validity assessment using the MMPI.
    • Factor analytic studies for construct validity.

    Main Results:

    • The BSI demonstrates very good test-retest and internal consistency reliabilities.
    • High correlations were found between BSI dimensions and comparable SCL-90-R dimensions.
    • Evidence of convergent and construct validity was supported by MMPI correlations and factor analyses.

    Conclusions:

    • The BSI is an acceptable and psychometrically sound short alternative to the SCL-90-R.
    • The scale exhibits good reliability and validity for symptom assessment.
    • Further criterion-oriented validity studies support its clinical utility.

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