ASSESSMENT OF DEPRESSION IN PERSONS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 93 (1), 93-103
Abstract
The psychometric characteritics of the Self-Report Depression Questionnaire (SRDQ, Reynolds, in press a), a 32-item self-report measure of depressive symptomatology in persons with mental retardation, were examined. The SRDQ was orally administered to 89 adults living in community-based settings. An internal consistency reliability coefficient of .90, and an 11-week test-retest reliability of .63 were obtained. Criterion-related validity was demonstrated by a high degree of relationship, r=.67, p < .001, between the SRDQ and individual clinical interviews using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. An exploratory factor analysis of the SRDQ items was also presented.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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