Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 25 item version (HSC)

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Overview

Purpose
To assess mental health symptoms primarily related to anxiety and depression
Respondent
Person with a Disability
Administration Methods
  • Survey
  • Interview
Administration Mode
In-person
Developer
Johns Hopkins University
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Population
Mental Health Challenges

Instrument Citation(s)

Missouri Institute of Mental Health. Program in Consumer Studies and Training Multi-site Protocol 1.2. https://pocc.org/assets/Uploads/COSP-FUPQ-by-Q-1.2-May-23-2001.pdf PDF

Psychometric Citations

  • Derogatis, L.R., Lipmann, R.S., & Rickels, K. (1974). The Hopkins symptoms checklist (HSCL): A self-report
    inventory. Behavioral Science, 19, 1-15.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    English
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Age Group

    Not Reported

    Sample: Countries/State

    United States

    Sample: Disability Type

    Mental Health Challenges

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    Anxious sample = 28%;
    Depressed sample =0%;
    Oakland sample = 49%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Anxious sample = 58% white;
    Depressed sample =93% white;
    Oakland sample = 54% white

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Not Reported/Unknown

    Sample: Size

    Anxious sample= 1435;
    Depressed sample =367;
    Oakland sample = 735

    Reliability: Inter-rater

    somatization = .73; obsessive-compulsive = .77; interpersonal sensitivity = .80; depression = .64; anxiety = .67

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Coefficient Alpha: somatization = .87; obsessive-compulsive = .87; interpersonal sensitivity = .85; depression = .86; anxiety = .84

    Reliability: Test-retest

    somatization = .82; obsessive-compulsive = .84; interpersonal sensitivity = .80; depression = .81; anxiety = .75

    Study design
    Cross-sectional

  • Lhewa, D., Banu, S., Rosenfeld, B., & Keller, A. (2007). Validation of a Tibetan Translation of the Hopkins
    Symptom Checklist-25 and the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Assessment, 14(3), 223-230.

    Type of Publication
    Peer review
    Instrument Language
    Tibetan
    Sample: Age (Mean and Range)

    Mean=34 years

    Sample: Age Group

    18-64 Years

    Sample: Countries/State

    United States, New York

    Sample: Disability Type

    Mental Health Challenges

    Sample: Gender (%male)

    79%

    Sample: Race/Ethnicity (%)

    Not Reported

    Sample: Sampling Strategy

    Purposive

    Sample: Size

    57

    Reliability: Internal Consistency

    Anxiety = .89; Depression = .92

    Validity: Criterion Validity (Concurrent and Predictive)

    Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis: AUC = .89 for the Anxiety subscale and .92 for the Depression subscale;

    The sensitivity and specificity for the Anxiety subscale were .91 and .88; .89 and .87 for the depression subscales

    Study design
    Cross-sectional