Evaluation of a short form of the Multiscore Depression Inventory

• Published in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 790 - 791
• Main Authors: Berndt, David J, Petzel, Thomas P, Kaiser, Charles F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-10-1983
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Depression (Emotion); Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Human; Humans; Inventories; Medical sciences; Nosology. Terminology. Diagnostic criteria; Psychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Techniques and methods; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Abbreviated form; Human; Clinical test; Depression; Psychometrics; Multiscore Depression Inventory
• ISSN: 0022-006X; 1939-2117
• DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.51.5.790

In testing with 295 undergraduates, a 47-item version of the Multiscore Depression Inventory met item selection criteria, and 9 of the original 10 subscales were retained (e.g., Instrumental Helplessness, Guilt, Social Introversion, and Low Self-Esteem). Kuder-Richardson reliabilities for subscales were in the .70s and .80s, and total score reliability was .92. Correlations were generally good between subscales and concurrent self-report measures such as the Profile of Mood States and UCLA Loneliness Scale. The total scale correlated highly with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Depression Adjective Check Lists. (12 ref)