Piersma H L, Boes J L
Pine Rest Christian Hospital, USA.
J Clin Psychol. 1995 Mar;51(2):153-7. doi: 10.1002/1097-4679(199503)51:2<153::aid-jclp2270510203>3.0.co;2-z.
Two rating scales were compared for 200 adult psychiatric inpatients at admission to, and discharge from, the hospital. Patients rated their own psychological symptoms on the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and clinicians rated patients' psychological, social, and occupational functioning on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale. Analyses indicated no significant relationships between symptom distress reported by patients and global functioning rated by clinicians. These findings support previous research that has shown minimal congruence among criterion measures that differ in rating source.
