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Symptom checklist-90-revised : a structural examination in relation to family functioning

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Gomez, Rapson, Stavropoulos, Vasileios, Zarate, Daniel and Palikara, Olympia (2021) Symptom checklist-90-revised : a structural examination in relation to family functioning. PLoS One, 16 (3). e0247902. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247902 ISSN 1932-6203.

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Abstract

The accurate assessment of psychopathological behaviours of adolescents and young adults is imperative. Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) is one of the most comprehensive and widely used scales addressing this purpose internationally. Interestingly, associations between the different SCL-90 symptoms and family functioning have been highlighted. Nevertheless, the scale’s factorial structure has often been challenged. To contribute in this area, this study scrutinizes the psychopathological dimensions of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) in a large cohort of high school students (Mean age = 16.16; SD = .911) from Greece. It addresses this aim by: a) using first order and bi-factor confirmatory factor analysis, and exploratory structural equation models and; b) investigating the factors’ associations with family functioning. A total of 2090 public Greek High School students completed the SCL-90-R and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale IV (FACES-IV) covering family functioning, satisfaction and communication. Six different solutions, yielded by separate permutations of CFA, ESEM, and bifactor models, were evaluated. Based on global fit, the clarity, reliabilities and the family functioning links of the dimensions in the models, the ESEM oblique model with the theorized nine factors emerged as the optimum. This model had adequate fit, and symptom dimensions were well defined. Also six of the nine factors demonstrated external associations with family functioning, satisfaction and communication. The clinical assessment benefits of these results are discussed.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe)
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): High school students -- Greece, High school students -- Psychological testing -- Greece, Teenagers -- Greece, Adolescent psychopathology -- Greece, Psychodiagnostics -- Greece, Mental illness -- Diagnosis, Teenagers -- Mental health
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS One
Publisher: Public Library of Science
ISSN: 1932-6203
Official Date: 12 March 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
12 March 2021Published
16 February 2021Accepted
Volume: 16
Number: 3
Article Number: e0247902
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247902
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 18 March 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access: 18 March 2021
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDEuropean Social Fundhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004895

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