Instrument details

Instrument Title

The brief symptom inventory: An introductory report

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Source Article

Derogatis, L. R., Melisaratos, N., & BY, P. A. (1983). The brief symptom inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 3, 595-605.

Response Options

Survey Items

Internal Reliability

Internal consistency reliability ranges from .71 on Psychoticism to .85 on Depression

Validity

Convergent validity

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Derogatis, L. R., Melisaratos, N., & BY, P. A. (1983). The brief symptom inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 3, 595-605.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.