@article{ref1,
title="Brief Symptom Inventory Factor Structure in Antisocial Adolescents: Implications for Juvenile Justice",
journal="Research on social work practice",
year="2012",
author="Whitt, Ahmed and Howard, Matthew O.",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="166-173",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) is widely used in juvenile justice settings; however, little is known regarding its factor structure in antisocial youth. The authors evaluated the BSI factor structure in a state residential treatment population. <br><br>METHODS: 707 adolescents completed the BSI. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to assess factor structure. Intergroup variability was examined using multiple-group structural equation modeling. <br><br>RESULTS: Findings supported a 6-factor, 25-item model explaining 49.5% of sample variance. The derived structure differed from prior findings with adult psychiatric patients by including a suicidal ideation latent variable and excluding several developmentally inappropriate factors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There may be problems associated with indiscriminant application of the original BSI factor model to juvenile justice populations.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-7315",
doi="10.1177/1049731511418786",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731511418786"
}