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Direct linkWeeks, Sean N.; Renshaw, Tyler L.; Roberson, Anthony J. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2022
We evaluated the usefulness of scores from two transdiagnostic scales--the 8-item version of the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth and the second edition of the Avoidance and Action Questionnaire--for estimating symptom severity on two measures of depression and anxiety. Responses from 797 college students, who mostly identified as…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Depression (Psychology), Anxiety
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Tool for Screening Suicide Risk in Chronically Ill Women
Pederson, Cathy L.; Gorman-Ezell, Kathleen; Hochstetler Mayer, Greta; Brookings, Jeffrey B. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2021
The Suicide Screening Tool for Chronic Illness assesses suicide risk for persons with chronic, "invisible" illnesses. From an initial pool of 31 items, internal consistency, Rasch, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses produced a 14-item scale that is unidimensional, internally consistent, and correlated with measures of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Screening Tests, At Risk Persons
Fisher, Lauren B.; Overholser, James C. – Death Studies, 2013
Despite its high sensitivity, the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) has demonstrated low specificity, has an ambiguous factor structure, and includes inadequate items. The current study examined the psychometric properties of a modified BHS (mBHS) using a Likert scale format that would allow for improved reliability, validity, and clinical utility.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Likert Scales, Depression (Psychology), Undergraduate Students
Download full textMohanraj, Rani; Subbaiah, Karunanidhi – Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2010
Aim: This study aimed to find the prevalence of depressive symptoms among adolescents studying in schools in Chennai. Settings and Design: The study was a school based cross-sectional survey in which data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from adolescents studying in classes X, XI and XII. Material: Beck Depression Inventory…
Descriptors: Incidence, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences
Ailey, Sarah H. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2009
This study describes the validity and the sensitivity and specificity of depression screening tools among adults with intellectual and disabilities (ID). Subjects (N = 75) were interviewed with the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) and the Glasgow Depression Scale for People with a Learning Disability (GDS-LD) and also completed a clinical…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Depression (Psychology)
PDF pending restorationFunabiki, Dean; And Others – 1981
Research directed toward examining clinical depression among college students requires valid criterion measures for identifying depressed individuals. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the most widely-used self-report screening instrument for identifying depressed college students, has been criticized for its heavy emphasis on cognitive items…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
