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Use of the reasons for depression questionnaire with adolescents
Author(s) -
Fitzgerald John M.,
Richardson Hayley
Publication year - 2002
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/jclp.10036
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , validation test , psychometrics , psychiatry , developmental psychology , test validity , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics , physics
The Reasons For Depression Questionnaire (RFD) was developed to examine the explanations that people give for being depressed. In its original form it was evaluated with samples of non‐depressed and depressed university students and other adults. The data reported here were used to evaluate the use of the RFD with a community sample of New Zealand adolescents. While the underlying eight‐factor structure reported by the original authors was confirmed, with the addition of a ninth biological factor, additional principal component‐factor analysis supported the existence of a six‐factor solution for adolescents. The revised factor structure incorporated a revision of the scale's item content. It is proposed that an abbreviated scale (RFD‐A) using 35 of the original 48 items would be more appropriate for use with adolescents. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 58: 1045–1056, 2002.