Brief Symptom Inventory

By L. Derogatis. 2011

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Barriers to the Success of Ethnic Minority Students in School Psychology Graduate Programs (2012, methodology): “Levels of depression and anxiety were assessed using the Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis, 1975), which consists of 53 items that measure recent distress.”
The pains and pleasures of parenting: when, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? (2014, background): “Psychological distress • 53-item Brief Symptom Inventory (Derogatis & Melisaratos, 1983): test–retest reliability " .90, 2 weeks; e.g., “In the past week, I have been bothered by feeling so restless I couldn’t sit still,” 0 " not at all, 4 " extremely.”
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adolescent Delinquency in a High-Risk Sample (2018, methodology): “At age 8, caregivers completed the 53-item Brief Symptoms Inventory, which assesses a variety of mental health problems (Derogatis, 1993).”
Physically isolated but socially connected: Psychological adjustment and stress among adolescents during the initial COVID-19 crisis. (2020, background): “The BSI is appropriate for adolescents over age 13, with strong psychometric properties and convergence to other measures of depression (Derogatis, 1975).”