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Reliability of self‐rated tinnitus distress and association with psychological symptom patterns
Author(s) -
Hiller W.,
Goebel G.,
Rief W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1994.tb01117.x
Subject(s) - intrusiveness , tinnitus , psychology , checklist , clinical psychology , distress , reliability (semiconductor) , psychometrics , rating scale , cognition , association (psychology) , audiology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , medicine , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist , cognitive psychology
Psychological complaints were investigated in two samples of 60 and 138 in‐patients suffering from chronic tinnitus. We administered the Tinnitus Questionnaire (TQ), a 52‐item self‐rating scale which differentiates between dimensions of emotional and cognitive distress, intrusiveness, auditory perceptual difficulties, sleep disturbances and somatic complaints. The test‐retest reliability was .94 for the TQ global score and between .86 and .93 for subscales. Three independent analyses were conducted to estimate the split‐half reliability (internal consistency) which was only slightly lower than the test‐retest values for scales with a relatively small number of items. Reliability was sufficient also on the level of single items. Low correlations between the TQ and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL‐90‐R) indicate a distinct quality of tinnitus‐related and general psychological disturbances.