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RESEARCH NOTE: THE USE OF THE BIRLESON DEPRESSION SCALE WITH A NON‐CLINICAL SAMPLE OF BOYS
Author(s) -
FIRTH M. A.,
CHAPLIN L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1987.tb00653.x
Subject(s) - psychology , rating scale , depression (economics) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , sample (material) , validation test , psychometrics , developmental psychology , psychiatry , test validity , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , economics , macroeconomics
Attempts have been made in develop self‐rating stales to assess depression in children. One of these scales, the Birleson Self‐rating Scale, was administered to a non‐clinical sample of boys which was larger, and covered a wider age‐range, than Birleson's own non‐clinical group. A comparison is made with Birleson's findings, and in addition data from the administration of the scale to a group of boys aged 13 to 18 years is presented.