Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale.
MGH-HPS
- What it measures
- trichotillomania (hair-pulling) severity - frequency, intensity and resistance to urges, actual pulling, and associated distress/control
- Length and format
- 7 items. 5-point (0-4) severity items; summed 0-28; higher = more severe (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- several incl. ES, DE, PT, TR, ZH; used internationally in BFRB research
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Keuthen, N. J., O'Sullivan, R. L., Ricciardi, J. N., et al. (1995). The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hairpulling Scale: 1. Development and factor analyses. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 64(3-4), 141-145.
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