Symptom Checklist-90 Revised (SCL-90-R)

The Symptom Checklist-90 Revised is a method to evaluate psychological problems and identify symptoms.  This instrument is also used by psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health, medical, and educational professionals for monitoring the patient’s progress or treatment outcome.

Participants are required to respond to the 90 items in the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised using a 5-point rating scale.  Approximately 12-15 minutes is necessary for completion.  Testing can be done with a computer, audio-cassette, or paper-and-pencil.  Individual of 13 years or older are recommended for accurate test results.  Another name for the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised is the Global Severity Index.

Author

Leonard R. Derogatis

Reliability and Validity

The Symptom Checklist-90 Revised is an established instrument and has over 1,000 independent studies supporting is reliability and validity.  The internal consistency coefficient rating ranged from 0.90 for Depression and 0.77 for Psychoticism. Researchers have reported test-retest reliability between 0.80 and 0.90 with a one-week interval. All nine primary subscales correlate well with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The Symptom Checklist-90 Revised correlated with the IIP (0.73) and the SAS (0.69) using Pearson’s correlation.

Where to Purchase

Pearson Assessments

Administration, Analysis and Reporting

Intellectus Consulting can assist the student or professional researcher in administering the survey instrument, collecting the data, conducting the analyses and explaining the results.
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References

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Dissertations and Journals

Abbott, P.J., Moore, B.A., Weller, S.B. & Delaney, H.D. (1998). AIDS risk behavior in opioid dependent patients treated with community reinforcement approach and relationships with psychiatric disorders. Journal of Addictive Disorders, 17(4), 33-48.

Aikens, J.E. (1998). Prevalence of somatic indicators of distress in diabetes patients: comparison to psychiatric patients and community nonpatients. Int.J.Psychiatry Med., 28(3), 265-272.

Kyung Bong Koh, Joon Kyu Park, Chan Hyung Kim, and Sunghee Cho (2001).  Development of the Stress Response Inventory and Its Application in Clinical Practice.  Psychosomatic Medicine 63:668-678.