Preliminary report on reliability and validity of the trait form of the Depression Adjective Check List in a representative community sample

The reliability and validity of the Grade 4 reading level Multiple Affect Adjective Check List was assessed with offenders in four settings within the criminal justice system. With the exception of the Sensation Seeking Scale, the MAACL-R4 scales showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability and adequate convergent and discriminant validity, but not for the Depression scale for 53 female arrestees and the Hostility scale with 51 male arrestees. Correlations with self-ratings of health and stress and with the Family Environment scales were in expected directions. It is concluded that the MAACL-R4 has the basic qualities necessary for use in research with offenders.

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Relationships among readability, reliability, and validity in a self-report adjective check list.

Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1037/1040-3590.2.3.256 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 256-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bernard Lubin ◽

James F. Collins ◽

Mark Seever ◽

Rodney Van Whitlock ◽

et al

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Self Report ◽

Check List ◽

Adjective Check List

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The Personal Attribute Inventory as a Self Concept Scale: A Preliminary Report

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1977.41.3f.1141 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 41 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1141-1142 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Thomas S. Parish ◽

Gerald M. Eads ◽

David E. Adams

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

Personal Attribute ◽

Self Concept ◽

Female College Students ◽

Check List ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Female College ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Test Retest Reliability

Self-concept scores on the 100-item Personal Attribute Inventory of 6 male and 36 female college students were significantly correlated (.80) with their scores on the 75-item “Unfavorable” subscale and (—.73) on the 75-item “Favorable” subscale of the Adjective Check List. In a second study with 16 males and 34 females, 4-wk. test-retest reliability for the inventory was .83.

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Reliability and validity of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List - Revised

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment ◽

10.1007/bf00963575 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 103-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

Bernard Lubin ◽

Marvin Zuckerman ◽

Philip G. Hanson ◽

Terry Armstrong ◽

Christine M. Rinck ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Reliability And Validity ◽

Check List ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Affect Adjective

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Measuring Depressive Mood in Elderly Israeli: Reliability and Validity of the Depression Adjective Check Lists

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1991.68.3c.1311 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽

pp. 1311-1316 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jacob Lomranz ◽

Nitza Eyal ◽

Bernard Lubin ◽

Alik Joffe

Keyword(s):

Depression Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Depressive Mood ◽

The State ◽

Elderly Persons ◽

Check List ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Reliability Estimates ◽

Hebrew Version ◽

State Form

To establish the psychometric properties of the state form of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) with elderly Israeli, a 1981 Hebrew version of the DACL by Lomranz, Lubin, Eyal, and Medini, along with the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale and Cantril's Self-anchoring Striving Scale, were administered to 86 independently functioning elderly persons (35 men and 51 women) living in a home for the aged. Reliability estimates (alphas and test-retest) were moderate to high; validity estimates (concurrent and construct) were again moderate to high. It was concluded that the state form of the Depression Adjective Check List is suitable for use with elderly Israeli.

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Additional Study of the Youth–Depression Adjective Check List

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.2000.90.1.123 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 90 (1) ◽

pp. 123-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bernard Lubin ◽

Kay Cameron ◽

Rodney Van Whitlock ◽

Michael P. Carey

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Depression ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

The State ◽

Check List ◽

Good Reliability ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Youth Depression ◽

Preliminary Information ◽

Affect Adjective

Replicated and extended aspects of determinations of reliability and validity for the State version of the Youth-Depression Adjective Check List. Students from Grades 9 through 12 (64 girls and 41 boys) completed the State version and the Adolescent Activities Checklist on each of 12 consecutive days and completed the Trait version, the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List–Revised Grade 6, and the Adolescent Activities Checklist at the beginning and the end of the study. Good reliability and validity of the State version were confirmed and extended, and preliminary information on characteristics of the Trait version of the Youth–Depression Adjective Check List also was presented. The State version seems suitable for use in research with adolescents and preadolescents. More study of the Trait version is recommended.

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