Synonyms
BSI; BSI-18
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The BSI (Derogatis and Melisaratos 1983) is a shortened, 53-item version of the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90; Derogatis et al. 1973) that measures emotional-behavioral functioning in nine dimensions: somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism. Four additional items not specific to any one domain load on several different dimensions. In addition, three global indices – Global Severity Index (GSI), Positive Symptom Total (PST), and Positive Symptom Distress Index (PSDI) – provide more general assessment of psychological well-being. The BSI-18 (Derogatis 2000), an 18-item short form of the BSI intended as a screen for psychiatric disorders and psychological distress, consists of three 6-item subscales: somatization, depression, and anxiety. A GSI also can be calculated.
Not intended for use as diagnostic tools, both instruments are designed to identify...
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Rath, J.F., Fox, L.M. (2018). Brief Symptom Inventory. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1977
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