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Self‐reported psychiatric symptoms among black, hispanic, and white outpatients
Author(s) -
Skilbeck William M.,
Acosta Frank X.,
Yamamoto Joe,
Evans Leonard A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198409)40:5<1184::aid-jclp2270400510>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychiatry , psychology , checklist , clinical psychology , negroid , white (mutation) , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , anthropology , cognitive psychology , gene
Examined ethnic differences among black, Hispanic, and white applicants for outpatient psychotherapy, using symptoms self‐reported on the Symptom Checklist 90‐Revised (SCL 90‐R). The relationship between selfreported severity of symptoms and therapist‐reported severity of psychiatric diagnoses also was examined in order to assess the utility of SCL 90‐R as a predictor of diagnostic severity for these ethnic groups. One hundred sixtyfive patients completed the SCL 90‐R. The patients were predominantly in the low‐income social classes. A significant ethnic effect was found on several symptom dimensions, with black patients less likely to report symptoms than Hispanic or white patients. Hispanic patients were found to report the highest symptom levels on 8 of 11 measures. While, overall, therapist diagnostic severity was related significantly to self‐reported symptomatology, the relationship was strongest for white patients, significant but less strong for Hispanic patients, and not significant for black patients.