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Measurement of neurotic symptoms by self-report questionnaire: validity of the SCL-90R

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Robert C. Peveler  and
Christopher G. Fairburn
Robert C. Peveler*
Affiliation:
Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Christopher G. Fairburn
Affiliation:
Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr Robert C. Peveler, Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford 0X3 7JX.
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Synopsis

The Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) is a self-report questionnaire which is designed to be suitable for use as a psychiatric case-finding instrument, as a measure of symptom severity, and as a descriptive measure of psychopathology. Scores obtained using the instrument were compared with those obtained from the investigator-based interview, the Present State Examination, in two samples of patients: a sample of patients with chronic physical disease (diabetes mellitus) and a sample of patients with bulimia nervosa. There was good agreement between the two methods of measurement in both samples, suggesting that the SCL-90R performs well in the assessment of neurotic symptoms.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , November 1990 , pp. 873 - 879
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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