An Evaluation of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 Using Item Response Theory: Which Items Are Most Strongly Related to Psychological Distress?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 193-202

  Meijer, Rob R ^a   de Vries, Rivka M ^a   van Bruggen, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brief Symptom Inventory; Item response theory; Mokken scaling; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOKKEN SCALE; OUTPATIENT; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OUTPATIENTS; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952602447     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021292     Document Type: Article

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