The PICS is 5-point Likert type scale with 42 items for self-reporting ranging from 1,"It doesn't correspond to anything that happens with me" to 5, "It totally corresponds to what happens with me." Participants were asked to mark the extent to which each statement applied to him/her during the last 10 days.
For the sample in this study, the Cronbach's alpha was 0.87 (Time 1) to 0.93 (Time 2) and the PICS demonstrated a medium effect size. Portuguese and English