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The Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS): a validation study (2007)
Auteur(s) :
REVAH-LEVY, A. ;
BIRMAHER, B. ;
GASQUET, I. ;
FALISSARD, B.
Année
2007
Page(s) :
10 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
27
Domaine :
Hors addiction / No addiction
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
DEPRESSION
;
ECHELLE D'EVALUATION
;
VALIDITE
;
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE
Résumé :
BACKGROUND: To examine the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS), a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression.
METHODS: The 11-item clinician-report and 44-item self-report versions of the ADRS were developed from a qualitative phase involving interviews of experts and adolescents. These two instruments were then administered to 402 French speaking adolescents with and without depressive disorders. Item distribution, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity and factorial structure were assessed.
RESULTS: After reduction procedures, a 10-item clinician version and a 10-item self-report version were obtained. The ADRS demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha Cronbach coefficient >.70). It also discriminated better between adolescents with and without depression than the Hamilton Depressive Rating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13).
CONCLUSION: The ADRS is a useful, short, clinician-report and self-report scale to evaluate adolescent depression. Further studies to replicate our findings and evaluate ADRS sensitivity to effects of treatment and psychometric properties in populations of adolescents with several psychiatric disorders are warranted.
METHODS: The 11-item clinician-report and 44-item self-report versions of the ADRS were developed from a qualitative phase involving interviews of experts and adolescents. These two instruments were then administered to 402 French speaking adolescents with and without depressive disorders. Item distribution, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity and factorial structure were assessed.
RESULTS: After reduction procedures, a 10-item clinician version and a 10-item self-report version were obtained. The ADRS demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha Cronbach coefficient >.70). It also discriminated better between adolescents with and without depression than the Hamilton Depressive Rating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13).
CONCLUSION: The ADRS is a useful, short, clinician-report and self-report scale to evaluate adolescent depression. Further studies to replicate our findings and evaluate ADRS sensitivity to effects of treatment and psychometric properties in populations of adolescents with several psychiatric disorders are warranted.
Affiliation :
INSERM U669, Universite Paris Sud 11, Centre Hospitalier V. Dupouy, Argenteuil, France