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Table 1 Dimensional structure of the SCL-90-R and its short versions BSI, SCL-27, BSI-18, SCL-14 and SCL-K-9

From: Comparative psychometric analyses of the SCL-90-R and its short versions in patients with affective disorders

Questionnaire

Dimension

Number of items

Item position in the SCL-90-R

SCL-90-R

Somatization

12

1, 4, 12, 27, 40, 42, 48, 49, 52, 53, 56, 58

Obsessive compulsive

10

3, 9, 10, 28, 38, 45, 46, 51, 55, 65

Interpersonal sensitivity

9

6, 21, 34, 36, 37, 41, 61, 69, 73

Depression

13

5, 14, 15, 20, 22, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 54, 71, 79

Anxiety

10

2, 17, 23, 33, 39, 57, 72, 78, 80, 86

Hostility

6

11, 24, 63, 67, 74, 81

Phobic anxiety

7

13, 25, 47, 50, 70, 75, 82

Paranoid ideation

6

8, 18, 43, 68, 76, 83

Psychoticism

10

7, 16, 35, 62, 77, 84, 85, 87, 88, 90

Additional items

7

19, 44, 59, 60, 64, 66, 89

BSI

Somatization

7

4, 12, 40, 48, 49, 52, 56

Obsessive compulsive

6

9, 28, 45, 46, 51, 55

Interpersonal sensitivity

4

34, 37, 41, 69

Depression

6

15, 29, 30, 32, 54, 79

Anxiety

6

2, 23, 33, 57, 72, 78

Hostility

5

11, 24, 63, 67, 74

Phobic anxiety

5

13, 47, 50, 70, 75

Paranoid ideation

5

8, 18, 43, 76, 83

Psychoticism

5

7, 77, 85, 88, 90

Additional items

4

19, 44, 59, 89

SCL-27

Depressive symptoms

4

15, 30, 54, 59

Dysthymic symptoms

4

9, 14, 51, 55

Vegetative symptoms

6

4, 39, 40, 48, 49, 53

Agoraphobic symptoms

5

13, 25, 33, 50, 82

Symptoms of social phobia

4

37, 41, 61, 69

Symptoms of mistrust

4

18, 68, 76, 83

BSI-18

Somatization

6

12, 40, 48, 52, 56, 58

Depression

6

15, 29, 30, 32, 54, 79

Anxiety

6

2, 33, 57, 72, 78, 86

SCL-14

Depression

6

26, 28, 30, 54, 77, 79

Phobic anxiety

4

13, 25, 47, 82

Somatization

4

42, 52, 56, 58

SCL-K-9

Global Severity Index

9

24, 28, 31, 34, 43, 57, 58, 75, 77

  1. Notes: SCL-90-R = Symptom Checklist 90-R [4]; BSI = Brief Symptom Inventory [6]; SCL-27 = Symptom Checklist-27 [7]; BSI-18 = Brief Symptom Inventory 18 [6]; SCL-14 = Symptom Checklist 14 [8]; SCL-K-9 = Symptom Checklist-short version-9 [10].