Table 1.

Summary Statistics for the BSI-18 Items (Raw Scores) by Subscale and Racial/Ethnic Group (N = 4,450)

'Subscale/GSI, item no., and item	White (n = 1,205)				Hispanic (n = 1,595)				Black (n = 1,650)				F(2, 114)
	M	SD	α	ra	M	SD	α	ra	M	SD	α	ra
Depression Subscale			.85				.88				.84
2. No interest	0.39	0.77		.92	0.84	0.96		.83	0.65	1.02		.72	42.02***
5. Lonely	0.45	0.84		.96	0.78	0.99		.85	0.70	1.12		.75	17.92***
8. Blue	0.58	0.86		.90	1.02	1.04		.90	0.69	1.07		.84	28.48***
11. Worthlessness	0.27	0.69		.91	0.71	1.01		.92	0.39	0.91		.86	27.19***
14. Hopelessness	0.34	0.75		.94	1.00	1.06		.84	0.55	1.03		.88	61.43***
17. Suicidal thoughts	0.04	0.29		.82	0.42	0.94		.85	0.12	0.58		.64	50.13***
Anxiety Subscale			.79				.88				.84
3. Nervousness	0.45	0.81		.91	0.79	0.99		.88	0.48	0.96		.73	27.32***
6. Tense	1.13	1.02		.60	0.83	0.96		.61	0.84	1.12		.53	35.64***
9. Scared	0.16	0.51		.84	0.64	0.88		.95	0.40	0.89		.87	59.65***
12. Panic episodes	0.16	0.55		.88	0.85	1.09		.87	0.35	0.92		.79	60.71***
15. Restlessness	0.26	0.65		.87	0.61	0.85		.88	0.44	0.92		.79	36.61***
18. Fearful	0.25	0.61		.86	0.52	0.83		.88	0.30	0.73		.74	26.10***
Somatization Subscale			.75				.91				.82
1. Faintness	0.24	0.59		.66	0.62	0.97		.82	0.37	0.82		.51	43.99***
4. Chest pains	0.15	0.53		.87	0.69	1.06		.88	0.44	0.94		.71	75.19***
7. Nausea	0.39	0.76		.78	0.69	0.89		.94	0.57	1.00		.59	23.00***
10. Short of breath	0.16	0.58		.93	0.73	1.06		.94	0.37	0.91		.74	51.85***
13. Numb/tingling	0.29	0.75		.94	0.81	1.03		.91	0.60	1.09		.78	41.10***
16. Body weakness	0.29	0.69		.85	0.78	0.99		.90	0.60	1.05		.80	62.85***
GSI			.90				.96				.92
Raw score	6.01	7.96			13.32	13.39			8.88	11.48			47.02***

Note. Summary statistics (except Cronbach’s alpha) adjusted for sample weights and clusters, using statistical software package STATA 10. BSI-18 = Brief Symptom Inventory–18; GSI = global severity index.

^aItem–subscale correlation.

^***p < .001.