Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries
Jazyk angličtina Země Nizozemsko Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
38244805
DOI
10.1016/j.jad.2024.01.127
PII: S0165-0327(24)00144-7
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Anxiety, Brief Symptom Inventory, Cross-cultural, Depression, Measurement invariance, Psychometric,
- MeSH
- deprese * diagnóza MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- psychometrie MeSH
- reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
- srovnání kultur * MeSH
- úzkost diagnóza MeSH
- Check Tag
- dítě MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
BACKGROUND: Depression and anxiety are among the most prevalent mental health issues experienced worldwide. However, whereas cross-cultural studies utilize psychometrically valid and reliable scales, fewer can meaningfully compare these conditions across different groups. To address this gap, the current study aimed to psychometrically assess the Brief Symptomatology Index (BSI) in 42 countries. METHODS: Using data from the International Sex Survey (N = 82,243; Mage = 32.39; SDage = 12.52; women: n = 46,874; 57 %), we examined the reliability of depression and anxiety symptom scores of the BSI-18, as well as evaluated evidence of construct, invariance, and criterion-related validity in predicting clinically relevant variables across countries, languages, genders, and sexual orientations. RESULTS: Results corroborated an invariant, two-factor structure across all groups tested, exhibiting excellent reliability estimates for both subscales. The 'caseness' criterion effectively discriminated among those at low and high risk of depression and anxiety, yielding differential effects on the clinical criteria examined. LIMITATIONS: The predictive validation was not made against a clinical diagnosis, and the full BSI-18 scale was not examined (excluding the somatization sub-dimension), limiting the validation scope of the BSI-18. Finally, the study was conducted online, mainly by advertisements through social media, ultimately skewing our sample towards women, younger, and highly educated populations. CONCLUSIONS: The results support that the BSI-12 is a valid and reliable assessment tool for assessing depression and anxiety symptoms across countries, languages, genders, and sexual orientations. Further, its caseness criterion can discriminate well between participants at high and low risk of depression and anxiety.
College of Healthcare Sciences James Cook University Australia
Département de psychologie Université de Montréal Montréal Canada
Département de Psychologie Université du Québec à Trois Rivières Trois Rivières Canada
Department of Neuropsychiatry Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
Department of Personality Assessment and Psychological Treatments University of Valencia Spain
Department of Psychiatry All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi 110029 India
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Auckland University of Technology Auckland New Zealand
Department of Psychology College of Humanity and Social Science Fuzhou University China
Department of Psychology Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb Croatia
Department of Psychology University of Nevada Las Vegas Las Vegas NV USA
Departmento de Psicología Básica Clínica y Psicobiología University Jaume 1 of Castellón Spain
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Privada del Norte Lima Peru
Facultad de Medicina Universidad Científica del Sur Lima Peru
Facultad de Psicología Universidad de Talca Chile
Florida State University Republic of Panama; Sistema Nacional de Investigación SENACYT Panama
Health Promotion Research Centre University of Galway Ireland
Institute for Behavioural Addictions Sigmund Freud University Vienna Austria
Institute of Psychology Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Warsaw Poland
Institute of Psychology ELTE Eötvös Loránd University Budapest Hungary
Institute of Psychology University of Lausanne Lausanne Switzerland
Leuven School For Mass Communication KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts North Macedonia
Nottingham Trent University United Kingdom
Public Health Institute Faculty of Health Liverpool John Moores University United Kingdom
SAMRC Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders Stellenbosch University South Africa
School of Psychology University of Southampton United Kingdom
School of Social Work Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa Israel
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia
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