ERIC Number: EJ1025856
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-May
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Validation of the Revised BSI-18 with Latino Migrant Day Laborers
Negi, Nalini Junko; Iwamoto, Derek Kenji
Research on Social Work Practice, v24 n3 p364-371 May 2014
Objective: This study examines the factor structure of the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18; Derogatis, 2001) in a hard-to-reach population of mainly undocumented migrant Latino day laborers. While, the BSI-18 has been found to be a valid and reliable measure of psychological distress, cross-cultural assessments in sub-groups of Latinos are scarce with this being the first study to examine the factor structure of the Spanish version of the BSI-18 with this population. Methods: A series of principal axis exploratory factor analytic procedures examining one to three-factor models were performed with a street recruited sample of 150 Latino migrant day laborers. Results: A one-factor model emerged and four items were dropped due to low factor loadings. The internal consistency coefficients for the 14-item BSI was a = 0.87. Conclusions: Findings suggest that the revised BSI-18 appears to measure a single dimension of general somatic-psychological distress in this sample of Latinos.
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Mental Health, Migrant Workers, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Spanish Speaking, Hispanic Americans, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Brief Symptom Inventory
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