Symptom Rating Test

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Dimension: Problems associated with use

Area

Family area

Specificity

General

Year

2007

Author

Kellner R, Sheffield BF, Symptom Rating Test 1973

Identification and Classification

Instrument: Symptom Rating Test
Acronym: SRT
Area: Family area
Dimension: Problems associated with use
Specificity: General
Objective: To assess psychological distress and how to face excessive substance use in the families
Factors it measures: inadequacy, anxiety, somatization and depression.
Year: 2007
Author: Kellner R, Sheffield BF, Symptom Rating Test 1973
Availability: Access with permission of the author

Description

Abstract: It consists of 30 items that assess the psychological distress, understood as a transient and changing state. The original version by Kellner and Sheffield has four areas: inadequacy, anxiety, somatization and depression.
Psychometric characteristics: NI
No. of items: 30
Way of administration: Interview
Way of qualification: It has three response options to evaluate how often each symptom is experienced (never = 0, sometimes = 1 and often = 2).
Application context: Clinical
Population: Adult
References: Kellner R, Sheffield BF: A self-rating scale of distress. Psychological Medicine, 3,88-100, 1973.