How well can a few questionnaire items indicate anxiety and depression?

Tambs, Kristian; Moum, Torbjørn

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03388.x

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“…This strategy optimizes the correlation between the full scale and the short scale, and has previously been applied successfully, for example for the Symptom Check List (SCL) (34). The first five items extracted were item number 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9 (see method section).…”

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The Relationship Satisfaction scale – Psychometric properties

Røysamb¹,

Vittersø²,

Tambs³

2014

Nor J Epidemiol

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The aim of this study was to establish the psychometric properties of the new Relationship Satisfaction (RS) scale. Two population based samples were used: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa, N=117,178) and The Quality of Life study (N=347). Convergent and discriminant validity was investigated in relation to the Quality of Marriage Index (QMI), the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), Relationship Satisfaction of partner, Big Five personality traits (IPIP50) and future relationship dissolution. The full scale with ten items (RS10) and a short version with five items (RS5) showed good psychometric properties. The scale has high internal and test-retest reliability and high structural, convergent, and discriminant validity. Measurement invariance across gender was established. Additionally, predictive validity was evidenced by prediction of future relationship dissolution. We conclude that the RS scale is highly useful as a generic measure of global relationship satisfaction.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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The Relationship Satisfaction scale – Psychometric properties

Røysamb¹,

Vittersø²,

Tambs³

2014

Nor J Epidemiol

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“…Maternal mental distress (i.e., anxiety and depression) were measured by the Symptom Checklist-5 (SCL-5) which is a five-item scale based on SCL-25 has been proven valid and reliable in earlier Norwegian studies (Tambs & Moum, 1993), and has formerly been used in Norwegian clinical trials and treatment studies (Kjøbli, Naerde, Bjørnebekk, & Askeland, 2013). Respondents indicated if he=she was bothered or distressed at all, was a little bit, quite much, or very much bothered by: (a) feeling fearful, (b) nervousness or shakiness inside, (c) feeling hopeless about the future, (d) worrying too much about things, and (e) feeling blue (a ¼ .89 at preassessment and a ¼ .89 at postassessment).…”

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Children With Conduct Problems and Co-occurring ADHD: Behavioral Improvements Following Parent Management Training

Bjørnebekk

Kjøbli

Ogden

2015

Child & Family Behavior Therapy

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“…The Symptom Checklist-5 (SCL-5; Tambs & Moum, 1993) measures symptoms of anxiety and depression. This is a shortened version of SCL-25 (Hesbacher et al, 1980), which has been found to correlate 0.92 with the full-scale version (Tambs & Moum, 1993). The SCL-5 consists of five items addressing how the subject has felt for the last 14 days, responded to on a 4-point scale with anchors 1 (not at all) to 4 (extremely).…”

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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Relationship Between Internalizing Disorders and Sick Leave Granted for Mental and Somatic Disorders

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This study investigates the degree to which internalizing disorders (anxiety and mood disorders) are prospectively associated with sick leave granted for mental and somatic disorders, and the extent to which common genetic and environmental risk factors influence these relationships. Data include selfreported symptoms of psychological distress from 7,598 young adult twins and diagnostic interviews on a subsample of 2,766 adult twins, subsequently linked to registry data on sick leave. Regression analyses and multivariate twin models were used to investigate the relationship between internalizing disorders and sick leave. Internalizing disorders were associated with sick leave granted for both mental disorders and somatic disorders. The association between internalizing disorders and sick leave granted for mental disorders was influenced by genetic and non-shared environmental factors, while the association between internalizing disorders and sick leave granted for somatic disorders could be explained by common genetic factors alone. Monozygotic twins discordant for internalizing disorders differed significantly in rates of sick leave granted for mental but not somatic disorders. In conclusion, internalizing disorders in young adults predict sick leave granted for both mental and somatic disorders. Environmental risk factors for internalizing disorders seem to influence sick leave granted for mental disorders, but not sick leave granted for somatic disorders.

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How well can a few questionnaire items indicate anxiety and depression?

Cited by 380 publications

References 5 publications

The Relationship Satisfaction scale – Psychometric properties

The Relationship Satisfaction scale – Psychometric properties

Children With Conduct Problems and Co-occurring ADHD: Behavioral Improvements Following Parent Management Training

Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Relationship Between Internalizing Disorders and Sick Leave Granted for Mental and Somatic Disorders

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