| Title | Psychometric properties of the Depression Clinical Evaluation Test in the Spanish general population |
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| Authors | GUILLOT VALDES, MARIA, Guillen-Riquelme, Alejandro , Sierra, Juan Carlos , Buela-Casal, Gualberto |
| External publication | Si |
| Means | Anu. Psicol. |
| Scope | Article |
| Nature | Científica |
| SJR Quartile | 4 |
| Publication date | 01/01/2024 |
| ISI | 001380386700005 |
| DOI | 10.1344/anpsic2024.54.3.5 |
| Abstract | Depression is a mental illness requiring assessment instru-ments that provide reliable and valid measures. The Depres-sion Clinical Evaluation Test is a multifactorial instrument created in order to cover the broad symptomatology of de-pression at different time points (month, year, and always). In this paper we confirm its factor structure, obtain reliabi-lity coefficients, and provide evidence about the relationship of its scores with those of the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Method: the Depression Clinical Evaluation Test and the Beck Depression Inventory-II were administered to 501 people from the general population without diagnosed psy-chological disorders (Mage = 36, SD = 16.51% female). Re-sults:the fit of the original 12-factor model was adequate, as well as good reliability indicators; correlations of the De-pression Clinical Evaluation Test scores with the Beck De-pression Inventory-II scores were moderate-high. Conclu-sions: the Depression Clinical Evaluation Test is confirmed as an instrument with adequate psychometric properties for assessing depression in adults |
| Keywords | Depression; assessment; confirmatory factorial analysis; re-liability |
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