Measurement of neurotic symptoms by self-report questionnaire: validity of the SCL-90R.

Journal article

The Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) is a self-report questionnaire which is designed to be suitable for use as a psychiatric case-finding instrument, as a measure of symptom severity, and as a descriptive measure of psychopathology. Scores obtained using the instrument were compared with those obtained from the investigator-based interview, the Present State Examination, in two samples of patients: a sample of patients with chronic physical disease (diabetes mellitus) and a sample of patients with bulimia nervosa. There was good agreement between the two methods of measurement in both samples, suggesting that the SCL-90R performs well in the assessment of neurotic symptoms.

Authors: Peveler, R; Fairburn, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychological medicine
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 873-879
• Publication date: 1990-11-01
• EISSN: 1469-8978
• ISSN: 0033-2917
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sick Role; Reproducibility of Results; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; Female; Personality Tests; Male; Adolescent; Bulimia; Adult; Middle Aged; Humans; Psychometrics; Neurotic Disorders