Comparison of the Milwaukee Neurotic Trait Screening Scale with the Symptom Check List

Abstract

Responses from 45 volunteers to the Milwaukee Neurotic Trait Scale (NT) and to the Hopkins Symptom Check List (SCL-90R) were compared. The NT scale was significantly correlated with the subscales of the SCL-90R. Second, agreement for high, middle, and low scores was found between the NT Scale and the SCL-90R Global Severity Index and Positive Symptom Total. These limited findings, based on a small sample of students, are promising and warrant replication with different and larger groups of adults.

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