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Symptom CheckList-90-R: Proposed Scales in a Probability Sample of Adolescents from the General Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2015

Elena Felipe-Castaño*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
Benito León-del-Barco
Affiliation:
Universidad de Extremadura (Spain)
José Antonio López-Pina
Affiliation:
Universidad de Murcia (Spain)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Elena Felipe-Castaño. Universidad de Extremadura (Spain). E-mail: efelipe@unex.es

Abstract

To provide questionnaires for clinical assessment with scales adapted for adolescents would benefit clinical practice as well as research. The aim of this paper is to report normative data for adolescents on the SCL-90-R using a probability sample from the community. The participants were 1,663 adolescents, 845 girls and 818 boys, with an average age of 14.26 (SD = 1.36). They were selected through stratified cluster sampling with groups randomly selected from schools. Sampling error was estimated at 4% with a 95.5% confidence level. Cohen´s d effect sizes are reported for age-group. We found significant differences across participants according to gender and age on SCL-90-R Global Scores and Symptom Dimensions. Thus, we provide normative data, divided according to age and gender.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2014 

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