NORMS, RELIABILITY, AND CONCURRENT VALIDITY MEASURES OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION OF THE DEPRESSION ADJECTIVE CHECK LISTS

Authors
DESOUZA ER LUBIN B ZANELLI J
Citation
Er. Desouza et al., NORMS, RELIABILITY, AND CONCURRENT VALIDITY MEASURES OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION OF THE DEPRESSION ADJECTIVE CHECK LISTS, Journal of clinical psychology, 50(2), 1994, pp. 208-215
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of clinical psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219762
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
208 - 215
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9762(1994)50:2<208:NRACVM>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
This study reports normative data of depressive mood in Brazil, using a Portuguese version of the Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL; Lu bin, 1981, in press). Participants (N = 1,063) were college students d rawn from randomly selected courses in 10 Brazilian universities. Cros s-cultural comparisons showed that this Brazilian sample had significa ntly higher depressive scores compared to Hispanic (p < .01), American (p < .01), and Israeli (p < .05) samples. The results also indicated that Brazilian females (p < .05) and young adults (p < .05) reported s ignificantly more depressive mood than males and older adults, respect ively. All reliability (internal consistency, split-half, and alternat e form) and concurrent validity measures were found to be appropriate and compared well to other cross-cultural samples.