Journal article
Testing the Impact of Variations in Administration on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
MR Chilver, RA Burns, F Botha, P Butterworth
Assessment | Published : 2025
Abstract
Self-report measures are useful in psychological research and practice, but scores may be impacted by administration methods. This study investigated whether changing the recall period (from 30 to 7 days) and response option order (from ascending to descending) alters the score distribution of the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Participants were presented with the K10 with either different recall periods or different response option orders. There was weak evidence of lower mean K10 scores when using a 7-day recall period than when using the 30-day recall period (B = 1.96, 95% CI [0.04–3.90]) but no evidence of a change in the estimated prevalence of very high psychological distr..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: F.B. was supported by the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Project ID CE200100025). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. M.R.C., R.A.B., and P.B. received no specific funding for this work