Reliability and validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory.

Boulet, Jack; Boss, Marvin W.

doi:10.1037/1040-3590.3.3.433

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“…Previous reports have found the BSI-18 to have adequate reliability (coefficient alpha = .89) and convergent validity (correlation with full 53 item version = .84) (30). Evidence supports the use of the GSI as a measure of the degree of general psychopathology, rather than the use of individual subscales (31). Following the BSI-18 scoring instructions, raw scores were converted to T-scores and a case was considered positive if T > 62 (29).…”

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Psychosocial health problems increase risk for HIV among urban young men who have sex with men: Preliminary evidence of a syndemic in need of attention

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“…Four scales, including Somatization, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Depression, and Anxiety, were used in this study. Each of the scales has demonstrated a high degree of internal consistency with similar populations (Benishek, Hayes, Bieschke, & Stoffelmayr, 1998;Boulet & Boss, 1991). Cronbach's alpha coefficients in this sample were .…”

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“…62 for Somatization, .70 for Interpersonal Sensitivity, .81 for Depression, and .85 for Anxiety. Although studies examining the factor structure have been inconclusive, they have shown the utility of the scales as a measure of global distress (Beneshik et al, 1998;Boulet & Boss, 1991).…”

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Ego development, psychopathology, and parenting problems in substance-abusing mothers.

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DeCoste

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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The authors examined maternal ego development in relation to psychopathology and parenting problems in a sample of substance abusing mothers. Given predilections at higher levels of ego development for introspection and guilt, the authors expected mothers at higher levels to report more psychopathology. Given predilections at lower levels of ego development for dichotomous perceptions and limited conceptions of causation, the authors expected mothers at low levels to report more problematic parenting behaviors. Intelligence was expected to correlate but not overlap with ego development. Subjects were 182 mothers who expressed interest in a randomized clinical trial for a new parenting intervention. Measures included the Washington University Sentence Completion Task-Short Form, the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, the Brief Symptom Inventory and the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test. Results of correlation and multivariate analyses of variance confirmed predictions. Implications for future development of interventions for substance abusing mothers are discussed. Keywords ego development; drug abuse; parenting style; psychopathologyAlthough not all mothers who abuse substances have difficulty parenting their children, as a group, substance abusing women are at least twice as likely as nonsubstance using women to lose custody of their children because of reoccurrences of substance abuse and child neglect (Department of Health & Human Services [DHHS], 1999). Over the last 20 years, research has shown that, although some mothers who use illicit substances are able to parent their children in ways that support their development, as a group, mothers with substance use disorders are at greater risk for mal-adaptive parenting than mothers who do not have substance use problems. Parental substance abuse has been linked with poor discipline skills (use of

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“…The strongest part of the instrument, according to validation studies, is the Global Severity Index (GSI), which summarizes the level of distress across the syndrome subscales (Peterson, 1989). The Global Severity Index is touted as the "most sensitive" subscale in identifying psychopathology and has a test-retest reliability of .90 (Boulet & Boss, 1991). The construct and discriminate validity of the syndrome subscales are less impressive (Peterson, 1989), and factor analyses suggest a unidimensionality of the BSI (Piersma, Boes, & Reaume, 1994).…”

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Supplemental mental health treatment for batterer program participants

Gondolf

2007

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An association between re-assault and mental health problems among batterer program participants has been increasingly documented by research and implied in batterer program guidelines. The majority of guidelines recommend assessment for such problems and referral to mental health treatment in addition to batterer program counseling. However, there is little documentation of assessment results and treatment outcomes. A research project was conducted to investigate the extent of mental health screening, referral compliance, and treatment effectiveness. The project included a formative evaluation of referral implementation, a service-delivery evaluation of the screening and referral, and an outcome evaluation of supplemental mental health treatment on batterer program completion and re-assault of the men's female partners. The formative evaluation exposed a few unexpected disruptive events and inconsistencies in referral procedures related in part to administrative turnover and differing priorities among agencies. The implementation modifications resulted in three stages of referral: voluntary referral, transitional referral, and mandatory referral.The service delivery evaluation showed nearly half of the batterer program participants (N=479 of 1043) screened positive on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and were referred to a local mental health clinic. A concurrent validity test revealed a correlation of the BSI with a more comprehensive screening instrument and a briefer one (n=93), but the test-retest reliability of the BSI was low with a decrease in positive screens over time (n=98). There was also little association with the BSI subscale results and the clinical evaluations obtained by referred men (n=38), and nearly 40% of the clinical diagnoses were for an adjustment disorder not warranting further treatment. Only 30% of the referred men received an evaluation, and 20% obtained some treatment under mandatory referral. Interestingly, at least a third of the referred men acknowledged a need for treatment and was more likely to obtain treatment.The outcome evaluation, based on a 12-month follow-up with female partners (65% response rate; n=308), produced no apparent effect of "intention to treat," represented by mandatory referral, on program completion or re-assault and other abuse indicators. (Re-arrests for violent and other types of crimes were substantially lower for the mandatory referrals in a confirmatory subsample of 300 subjects.) However, there was some preliminary evidence of a "dose response" for evaluated and treated men. Overall, the referral compliance was relatively low, but did increase under mandatory referral reinforced by a system-coordinator and case-manager. Sanctions for non-compliance remained inconsistent and may have affected referral compliance. The results reinforce recent studies exposing the challenges in establishing coordinated community response, and they question the utility of elaborate referral procedures for mental health referral. Alternatives might consider a mo...

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Reliability and validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory.

Cited by 435 publications

References 15 publications

Psychosocial health problems increase risk for HIV among urban young men who have sex with men: Preliminary evidence of a syndemic in need of attention

Psychosocial health problems increase risk for HIV among urban young men who have sex with men: Preliminary evidence of a syndemic in need of attention

Ego development, psychopathology, and parenting problems in substance-abusing mothers.

Supplemental mental health treatment for batterer program participants

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