Testing the Cross-Ethnic Construct Validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory  

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Hoe, Maanse ; Brekke, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Research on Social Work Practice vol. 19 no. 1 (Mar. 2009), page 93-103.
Topik: Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); second-order factor; measurement invariance; people with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI); confirmatory factor analysis
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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the cross-ethnic construct validity of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI). Method: The sample consisted of 1,166 individuals diagnosed with severe and persistent mental illness who were receiving treatment in community-based mental health programs. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis was used to test measurement invariance of the BSI’s second-order factor model across three ethnic groups (African Americans, Caucasians, and Latinos). Results: The data supported the configural invariance of the BSI’s second-order factor model as well as the full metric invariance and the partial metric invariance. Conclusions: The present study presented substantial empirical evidence for the construct validity of the BSI’s second-order factor model across the three ethnic groups.

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