Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

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Last updated: Feb 23, 2024 by Claudia Alioto
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Reference

Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S. L. T., ... & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6), 959–976. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291702006074

List of questions

Question number (as in the K10+ version)Question Original 10-item version

Original 6-item version

1aDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason? ✓
1bDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel nervous?✓✓
1cDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down? ✓
1dDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel hopeless?✓✓
1eDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety?✓✓
1fDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so restless that you could not sit still✓
1gDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed?✓
1hDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so depressed that nothing could cheer you up?✓✓
1iDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort?✓✓
1jDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel worthless?✓✓

Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

VersionStudyYearQuestionnaireDataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2003-2005MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2006-2007MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire -
Original 6-item versionMCS2008-2009MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2012-2013MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2015-2016MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire 2015-
Original 6-item versionMCS2015-2016MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015-
Original 6-item versionMCS2018-2019MCS Age 17 CAWI Self-Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018-
Original 6-item versionMCS2018-2019MCS Age 17 Young Person Self-Completion Questionnaire 2018-
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2021MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2021MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset