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The assessment of depression inventory (ADI): A new instrument used to measure depression and to detect honesty of response
Author(s) -
Mogge Neil L.,
LePage James P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20033
Subject(s) - psychology , honesty , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , anxiety , concurrent validity , scale (ratio) , psychometrics , psychiatry , social psychology , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
We examined the psychometric properties of the Assessment of Depression Inventory (ADI). This instrument assesses depression and also has validity scales that address response honesty. Three studies were conducted. The first describes the development of the ADI. The second compared the concurrent validity of the ADI Depression (Dep) scale with the BDI‐II, and the ADI Feigning (Fg) scale responses of psychiatric inpatients with those of a sample of community volunteers asked to feign depression. The third study was used to cross‐validate the results with a separate sample of participants. The ADI Dep scale correlated highly with the BDI‐II. Significant differences were also found between the honest patient responders and the non‐patient feigners on the Fg scale. The data supports the ADI validity scales as measures of response style and the Dep scale as a measure of depression. Depression and Anxiety 00:000–000, 2004. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.