Appropriateness of SCL-90-R Adolescent and Adult Norms for Outpatient and Nonpatient College Students

Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scores of 209 undergraduate clients from a university-based psychology clinic were compared with those of 435 nonpatient undergraduates and with adult and adolescent norms. College student outpatients were similar to adult outpatients on the SCL-90-R. However,...

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Published in:Journal of counseling psychology 1997-07, Vol.44 (3), p.294-301
Main Authors: Todd, David M, Deane, Frank P, McKenna, Patricia A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
College students
Female
Human
Male
Medical sciences
Norms
Outpatient
Outpatients
Psychiatric disorders
Psychodiagnosis
Psychological tests
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Statistical Norms
Statistical Validity
Students
Symptom Checklist 90-Revised
Symptom Checklists
Techniques and methods
Therapy
Universities
USA
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Summary:Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) scores of 209 undergraduate clients from a university-based psychology clinic were compared with those of 435 nonpatient undergraduates and with adult and adolescent norms. College student outpatients were similar to adult outpatients on the SCL-90-R. However, when compared with norms based on unscreened community samples, nonpatient undergraduates were, like adolescents, considerably more symptomatic than adults. Although nonpatient undergraduates were significantly less symptomatic than outpatient undergraduates, the two distributions overlapped considerably, which presents a high risk of misclassification. Comparison of the study samples with other published data supports the generalizability of these findings. The data's implications for the use of the SCL-90-R in evaluating symptomatology and the clinical significance of change in college students are discussed.
ISSN:0022-0167
1939-2168
DOI:10.1037/0022-0167.44.3.294