Psychological distress
Psychological distress (or mental distress) is a non-specific term used to describe an overall negative emotional state [1].
Measures
editStrengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
editAn observer screening tool:
- Goodman, R. (1997) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 38, 581 -586.
- Goodman, R., Meltzer, H. & Bailey, V. (1998) The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: a pilot study on the validity of the self-report version. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 7, 125 -130.
- Goodman, R., Ford, T., Simmons, H., et al (2000) Using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to screen for child psychiatric disorders in a community sample. British Journal of Psychiatry, 177, 534 -539.
The everyday feeling questionnaire
edit- Uher, R., & Goodman, R. (2010). The everyday feeling questionnaire: The structure and validation of a measure of psychological well-being and distress. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 45, 413-423. doi: 10.1007/s00127-009-0074-9
References
edit- ↑ Lovibond, S. H., & Lovibond, P. F. (1995a). The structure of negative emotional states: Comparison of the depression anxiety stress scales (DASS) with the beck depression and anxiety inventories. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 335-343.