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- Title
Detecting random responding using the Assessment of Depression Inventory: a brief screening measure of depression.
- Authors
LePage, James P.; Mogge, Neil L.; Garcia‐Rea, Elizabeth A.
- Abstract
Background: Traditionally, the assessment of random responding in psychological assessment tools has been the primary domain of large multi-scale inventories. However, the ability of clinicians to assess random responding when using short symptom inventories is also an important facet of reliably assessing psychopathology and psychological distress. Methods: This study assesses the effectiveness of a short symptom inventory, the Assessment of Depression Inventory (ADI), to assess random responding. Results: The responses of 335 clinical patients, 150 responses from a feigning population, and 1,000 generated random profiles were compared to determine if the Random and Reliability scales of the ADI could detect adequately random responses. Conclusions: Findings indicate that even scales as short as four items can be used to detect random responses in symptom inventories at levels equivalent to or better than longer multi-scale inventories. Depression and Anxiety, 2009. Published 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PATHOLOGICAL psychology
- Publication
Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269), 2009, Vol 26, Issue 6, p592
- ISSN
1091-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/da.20397