What is it about?
The Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) is a widely used clinical screening tool, but it has never been validated using an Asian American sample. We examined the psychometric property (i.e., factor structure and measurement invariance) of the BSI-18 in a diverse community Asian American adult sample, comparing across ethnicity (Chinese, Filipinx, and Vietnamese), nativity status (US-born and Asian-born), and gender (male and female).
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that total scores of BSI-18 is appropriate for use with several Asian American subgroups as a measure of general psychological distress. Subscale scores should not be used.
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This page is a summary of: Measurement invariance of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) across Asian American ethnic, nativity, and gender groups., Asian American Journal of Psychology, April 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/aap0000115.
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