TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Brief Symptom Inventory Factor Structure in Antisocial Adolescents: Implications for Juvenile Justice
JO  - Research on social work practice
A1  - Whitt, Ahmed
A1  - Howard, Matthew O.
SP  - 166
EP  - 173
VL  - 22
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-7315
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731511418786
ID  - ref1
ER  -