Pilot Validation Study of the Japanese Translation of the Brief Negative Symptoms Scale (BNSS).
Naoki HashimotoAtsuhito ToyomakiMatsuhiko OkaKeisuke TakanobuRyo OkuboHisashi NaritaKan KitagawaNiki UdoTamaki MaedaShinya WatanabeYuka OyanagiAkane MiyazakiKoki ItoIchiro KusumiPublished in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment (2019)
Our pilot study demonstrated that Japanese BNSS had good psychometric properties which were achieved with relatively brief training. Further studies with more subjects and raters with various backgrounds recruited from multiple sites are warranted.