Validation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS)-Psychometric properties of the long and short form
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T1 - Validation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS)-Psychometric properties of the long and short form
AU - Fuhr, Kristina
AU - Hautzinger, Martin
AU - Krisch, Katharina
AU - Berking, Matthias
AU - Ebert, David Daniel
N1 - Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - With the development of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) by Kanter, et al. [1], different behavioral aspects of depression like activation, rumination or avoidance, and functional impairment can be measured. The long and the short versions of the BADS, however, show differences in the quality of psychometric properties. We wanted to validate the short and long forms of the BADS. We therefore evaluated the factor structure, the psychometric properties, and the construct validity of the long version and the subscales in a clinically depressed German sample (n=258) in study 1. In study 2, we explored the factor structure and the psychometric properties of the short version of the BADS in a subsyndromal sample with elevated depressive symptoms (n=406). In study 1, our results replicated the four factor solution of the BADS-25 original version and showed good psychometric properties. However, with regard to the BADS-9 only the French factor solution of the short BADS-9 demonstrated acceptable fit with low internal consistency of the subscale Avoidance. Thus, only the total score of the short form can be recommended.
AB - With the development of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS) by Kanter, et al. [1], different behavioral aspects of depression like activation, rumination or avoidance, and functional impairment can be measured. The long and the short versions of the BADS, however, show differences in the quality of psychometric properties. We wanted to validate the short and long forms of the BADS. We therefore evaluated the factor structure, the psychometric properties, and the construct validity of the long version and the subscales in a clinically depressed German sample (n=258) in study 1. In study 2, we explored the factor structure and the psychometric properties of the short version of the BADS in a subsyndromal sample with elevated depressive symptoms (n=406). In study 1, our results replicated the four factor solution of the BADS-25 original version and showed good psychometric properties. However, with regard to the BADS-9 only the French factor solution of the short BADS-9 demonstrated acceptable fit with low internal consistency of the subscale Avoidance. Thus, only the total score of the short form can be recommended.
KW - Psychology
KW - PHQ-9
KW - RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL
KW - REPORT QIDS-SR
KW - QUICK INVENTORY
KW - PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
KW - MAJOR DEPRESSION
KW - RATING-SCALE
KW - SYMPTOMATOLOGY
KW - VALIDITY
KW - SAMPLE
KW - Health sciences
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959293023&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.02.004
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 26995255
VL - 66
SP - 209
EP - 218
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
SN - 0010-440X
ER -