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. 2012 Jul 26;2(5):576–589. doi: 10.1002/brb3.76

Appendix 2.

45-Item BRISC summary of the raw scores and their corresponding z and standardized 10 (STEN) scores for the composite markers; negativity bias, emotional resilience, and social skills. Raw scores were converted to standardized z-scores using the nonclinical norm sample of n = 1317*

Negativity bias (20 items) Emotional resilience (14 items) Social skills (11 items)



Raw score z-Score STEN Raw score z-Score STEN Raw score z-Score STEN
20 −6.54 1 14 −6.11 1 11 −6.16 1
21 −6.44 1 15 −5.95 1 12 −5.95 1
22 −6.33 1 16 −5.78 1 13 −5.74 1
23 −6.22 1 17 −5.61 1 14 −5.53 1
24 −6.11 1 18 −5.45 1 15 −5.32 1
25 −6.01 1 19 −5.28 1 16 −5.11 1
26 −5.90 1 20 −5.12 1 17 −4.90 1
27 −5.79 1 21 −4.95 1 18 −4.69 1
28 −5.69 1 22 −4.79 1 19 −4.47 1
29 −5.58 1 23 −4.62 1 20 −4.26 1
30 −5.47 1 24 −4.46 1 21 −4.05 1
31 −5.36 1 25 −4.29 1 22 −3.84 1
32 −5.26 1 26 −4.13 1 23 −3.63 1
33 −5.15 1 27 −3.96 1 24 −3.42 1
34 −5.04 1 28 −3.79 1 25 −3.21 1
35 −4.94 1 29 −3.63 1 26 −3.00 1
36 −4.83 1 30 −3.46 1 27 −2.79 1
37 −4.72 1 31 −3.30 1 28 −2.58 1
38 −4.62 1 32 −3.13 1 29 −2.37 1
39 −4.51 1 33 −2.97 1 30 −2.16 1.2
40 −4.40 1 34 −2.80 1 31 −1.95 1.6
41 −4.29 1 35 −2.64 1 32 −1.74 2.0
42 −4.19 1 36 −2.47 1 33 −1.53 2.4
43 −4.08 1 37 −2.31 1 34 −1.32 2.9
44 −3.97 1 38 −2.14 1.2 35 −1.11 3.3
45 −3.87 1 39 −1.97 1.6 36 −0.90 3.7
46 −3.76 1 40 −1.81 1.9 37 −0.69 4.1
47 −3.65 1 41 −1.64 2.2 38 −0.48 4.5
48 −3.54 1 42 −1.48 2.5 39 −0.27 5.0
49 −3.44 1 43 −1.31 2.9 40 −0.06 5.4
50 −3.33 1 44 −1.15 3.2 41 0.15 5.8
51 −3.22 1 45 −0.98 3.5 42 0.36 6.2
52 −3.12 1 46 −0.82 3.9 43 0.57 6.6
53 −3.01 1 47 −0.65 4.2 44 0.78 7.1
54 −2.90 1 48 −0.49 4.5 45 0.99 7.5
55 −2.79 1 49 −0.32 4.9 46 1.20 7.9
56 −2.69 1 50 −0.15 5.2 47 1.41 8.3
57 −2.58 1 51 0.01 5.5 48 1.62 8.7
58 −2.47 1 52 0.18 5.9 49 1.83 9.2
59 −2.37 1 53 0.34 6.2 50 2.04 9.6
60 −2.26 1 54 0.51 6.5 51 2.25 10
61 −2.15 1.2 55 0.67 6.8 52 2.46 10
62 −2.04 1.4 56 0.84 7.2 53 2.67 10
63 −1.94 1.6 57 1.00 7.5 54 2.88 10
64 −1.83 1.8 58 1.17 7.8 55 3.09 10
65 −1.72 2.1 59 1.33 8.2
66 −1.62 2.3 60 1.50 8.5
67 −1.51 2.5 61 1.67 8.8
68 −1.40 2.7 62 1.83 9.2
69 −1.29 2.9 63 2.00 9.5
70 −1.19 3.1 64 2.16 9.8
71 −1.08 3.3 65 2.33 10
72 −0.97 3.6 66 2.49 10
73 −0.87 3.8 67 2.66 10
74 −0.76 4.0 68 2.82 10
75 −0.65 4.2 69 2.99 10
76 −0.54 4.4 70 3.15 10
77 −0.44 4.6
78 −0.33 4.8
79 −0.22 5.1
80 −0.12 5.3
81 −0.01 5.5
82 0.10 5.7
83 0.21 5.9
84 0.31 6.1
85 0.42 6.3
86 0.53 6.6
87 0.63 6.8
88 0.74 7.0
89 0.85 7.2
90 0.95 7.4
91 1.06 7.6
92 1.17 7.8
93 1.28 8.1
94 1.38 8.3
95 1.49 8.5
96 1.60 8.7
97 1.70 8.9
98 1.81 9.1
99 1.92 9.3
100 2.03 9.6
*

Of these nonclinical norms, 579 were also included in this study and in each case were identified as having good brain health status.