Study on the validity of the Symptom Check-List-90 of Chinese version
10.3321/j.issn:1000-5404.2001.04.038
- VernacularTitle:中国版SCL-90的效度研究
- Author:
Zheng-Zhi FENG
1
;
Da-Jun ZHANG
Author Information
1. Third Military Medical University
- From:Journal of Third Military Medical University
2001;23(4):481-483
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the validity of the Chinese version of the Symptom Check-List-90 (the SCL-90) in Chinese population. Methods A total of 624 normal person and 268 out patients were examined with the SCL-90. Results (1)The internal consistency of the original subscales was found to be good and Cronbach's coefficient alpha ranged from 0.78 to 0.90; (2)Discrimination function analysis based on the 9 original subscales showed that the power of the SCL-90 in discriminating the patients and the community was good with a corrective rate of 80.6%; (3)Factor analysis on the items of the questionnaire yielded a very strong un-rotated first factor which could represent other factors; (4)High inter-correlations were found between the 9 original subscales of the SCL-90 with a correlation coefficient ranging from 0.39 to 0.79. Conclusion (1) The SCL-90 is acceptable as a research setting and psychiatric screening inventory; (2) The SCL-90 does not have potential as an inventory to distinguish different diagnostic groups; (3) The SCL-90 is not a multidimensional inventory.