Reliability and validity of the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) in youth: An experime

Eighty-eight adolescents aged 12 to 17 completed the Self-Report Symptom Inventory (SRSI) under honest and experimentally manipulated conditions. The study by Brechje Dandachi-FitzGerald, last updated in April 2026, found the SRSI demonstrated high discriminative validity between honest and feigned responses, with specificity of .90 and sensitivity of .91 at the standard cutoff. Internal consistency was high for both the genuine (α = .91) and pseudosymptoms (α = .81) scales.

Use Cases

• Training models to detect feigned depression based on SRSI scale scores.
• Analyzing the impact of careless responding on symptom validity test scores.
• Evaluating the utility of consistency items for differentiating between careless and feigned responding.
• Benchmarking the reliability of self-report instruments in youth samples using test-retest data.

Strengths

• Data is from a controlled experimental study with 88 participants across four instructed response conditions.
• Reported high internal consistency (α = .91 for genuine symptoms) and test-retest reliability (r = .93).
• Specific performance metrics are provided, such as a sensitivity of .91 and specificity of .90 at the standard cutoff for distinguishing honest from feigned responses.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The sample is from the Dutch-speaking general population, which may limit generalizability to clinical or other cultural groups.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Experimental study where 88 adolescents completed the SRSI twice under different instructed conditions (honest, feigning depression, feigning pain, careless).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 06:48:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands or Dutch-speaking region, based on participant description.