Reliability and validity of the trait form of set 2 of the Depression Adjective Check Lists with Canadian elderly

✍ Scribed by Ann C. Beckingham; Bernard Lubin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 450 KB
• Volume: 47
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/1097-4679(199105)47:3<407::aid-jclp2270470313>3.0.co;2-h

✦ Synopsis

In order to determine the suitability of the trait form of the Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL) for use with the elderly, Forms E, F, and G and a question that required a self-rating of health were administered as part of a larger questionnaire to two groups of nonhospitalized Canadian elderly: (1) 259 subjects (120 males and 139 females) between 60 and 74 years of age; and (2) 136 subjects (50 males and 96 females) 75 to 93 years of age. The reliability of each list (overall mean alpha = .84; overall mean alternate form reliability = .84; and overall mean split-half reliability = .76) seemed to be at an adequate level. Also, the magnitude of these correlations was very similar to those found on the same instrument for a sample of college students.