Cross-Cultural Validity of the Depression Adjective Check List with a Sample of Black and White Juvenile Offenders

The validity of the Depression Adjective Check List and a specially developed check list were assessed with 48 black and 53 white juvenile offenders (70 boys, 31 girls) against self-ratings and ratings of 2 black and 2 white teachers. Both check lists correlated significantly with self- (−.29, −.30) and teachers' ratings (.36, .26) for white offenders, although teachers' ratings were correlated unexpectedly negatively with self-ratings (−.41). Only the special check list scores correlated with the two ratings for black offenders. The necessity of limiting use of tests to populations for which they have been validated is discussed.

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A cross-cultural unisex ideal self scale for the adjective check list

Journal of Clinical Psychology ◽

10.1002/1097-4679(197904)35:2<314::aid-jclp2270350219>3.0.co;2-t ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 314-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Harrison G. Gough ◽

Mario Fioravanti ◽

Renato Lazzari

Keyword(s):

Cross Cultural ◽

Check List ◽

Ideal Self ◽

Adjective Check List

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Experimental Investigation of Mc Luhan's Ideas concerning Effects of “Hot” and “Cool” Communications Media

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1969.25.2.447 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 447-451E ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wolfgang G. Bringmann ◽

William D. G. Balance ◽

Alan Krichev

Keyword(s):

Check List ◽

Marshall Mcluhan ◽

Sound Track ◽

Communications Media ◽

Black And White ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Cool Medium ◽

Anxiety Depression ◽

Affect Adjective

The present study was carried out to investigate recent theories of Marshall McLuhan concerning the differential effects of “hot” (movie) and “cool” (television) communications media. Four groups of college students ( N = 51) viewed the same highway accident film, “Signal 30,” under four different media conditions (color movie and black and white television with and without sound track). Dependent variable measurements were made by administering the “today-form” of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL) to all Ss four times before and once after the stressful film. According to McLuhan, Ss who were shown the accident film by a “hot” medium (movie) were expected to score significantly higher on the anxiety, depression, and hostility sub-scales of the MAACL than those who were exposed to the “cool” medium (television). There was, however, no significant difference in postfilm MAACL scores for the different media conditions and thus Mc-Luhan's hypotheses were not supported.

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The Beck Hopelessness Scale

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000240 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 111-118 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Marianna Szabó ◽

Veronika Mészáros ◽

Judit Sallay ◽

Gyöngyi Ajtay ◽

Viktor Boross ◽

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Keyword(s):

Binary Data ◽

Factor Model ◽

Clinical Sample ◽

Analytical Techniques ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Validity ◽

Beck Hopelessness Scale ◽

Method Effects ◽

Hungarian Population ◽

Components Analysis

Abstract. The aim of the present study was to examine the construct and cross-cultural validity of the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS; Beck, Weissman, Lester, & Trexler, 1974 ). Beck et al. applied exploratory Principal Components Analysis and argued that the scale measured three specific components (affective, motivational, and cognitive). Subsequent studies identified one, two, three, or more factors, highlighting a lack of clarity regarding the scale’s construct validity. In a large clinical sample, we tested the original three-factor model and explored alternative models using both confirmatory and exploratory factor analytical techniques appropriate for analyzing binary data. In doing so, we investigated whether method variance needs to be taken into account in understanding the structure of the BHS. Our findings supported a bifactor model that explicitly included method effects. We concluded that the BHS measures a single underlying construct of hopelessness, and that an incorporation of method effects consolidates previous findings where positively and negatively worded items loaded on separate factors. Our study further contributes to establishing the cross-cultural validity of this instrument by showing that BHS scores differentiate between depressed, anxious, and nonclinical groups in a Hungarian population.

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