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Norms, reliability, and concurrent validity measures of the Portuguese version of the depression adjective check lists
Author(s) -
Desouza E. R.,
Lubin B.,
Zanelli J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199403)50:2<208::aid-jclp2270500209>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - adjective check list , psychology , brazilian portuguese , concurrent validity , normative , clinical psychology , mood , internal consistency , depression (economics) , portuguese , adjective , reliability (semiconductor) , test validity , psychometrics , psychiatry , social psychology , personality , noun , linguistics , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
This study reports normative data of depressive mood in Brazil, using a Portuguese version of the Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL; Lubin, 1981, in press). Participants ( N = 1,063) were college students drawn from randomly selected courses in 10 Brazilian universities. Cross‐cultural comparisons showed that this Brazilian sample had significantly higher depressive scores compared to Hispanic ( p < .01), American ( p < .01), and Israeli ( p < .05) samples. The results also indicated that Brazilian females ( p < .05) and young adults ( p < .05) reported significantly more depressive mood than males and older adults, respectively. All reliability (internal consistency, split‐half, and alternate form) and concurrent validity measures were found to be appropriate and compared well to other cross‐cultural samples.