Open AccessA confirmatory factor analysis of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale in a homeless sample
Author(s) -
Burger Gary K.,
Yonker Robert D.,
Calsyn Robert J.,
Morse Gary A.,
Klinkenberg W. D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of methods in psychiatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1557-0657
pISSN - 1049-8931
DOI - 10.1002/mpr.156
Subject(s) - confirmatory factor analysis , hostility , psychology , brief psychiatric rating scale , clinical psychology , rating scale , psychiatry , mental illness , anxiety , bipolar disorder , structural equation modeling , mental health , mood , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , psychosis
This study used a confirmatory factor analysis procedure, the Oblique Multiple Group Method (OMG), with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) on a sample of homeless individuals who had both a severe mental illness and a substance use disorder. The hypothesized five‐factor model of Guy (1976) accounted for 93% of the possible variance, and all the appropriate scales had their highest loading on their respective hypothesized factor. In addition, the Guy model accounted for more variance than did an alternative model. The five factors were labelled: thinking disorder, anergia, anxiety‐depression, hostility‐suspicion, and activity. Copyright © 2003 Whurr Publishers Ltd.