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The Symptom Questionnaire: British standardization data
Author(s) -
Zeffert S.,
Clark A.,
Dobson C. J.,
Jones A.,
Peck D.
Publication year - 1996
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.2044-8260.1996.tb01164.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sample (material) , clinical psychology , psychometrics , reliability (semiconductor) , population , psychiatry , demography , power (physics) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , sociology
The Symptom Questionnaire is a simple and quick measure of emotional state; previous work has indicated that the Questionnaire has good reliability and validity. However the original sample on which it was based was small, and exclusively North American. Data from a large sample ( N = 707) of British psychiatric inpatients, out‐patients, day hospital attenders, and a non‐patient population sample are presented. Consistent differences between the patient and non‐patient samples were obtained on the scales, with a few exceptions; there were no significant differences due to sex.