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Concurrent validity of the Depression Adjective Check List in a normal population

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.5.582

A random sample of 309 employees of a state mental hospital completed form E of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL), the Beck Depression Inventory, the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the Crowne-Marlowe Social Desirability Scale. Two psychiatrists then interviewed and independently rated all subjects on a 5-point scale. Most of the correlations between the DACL and the other measurements were significant and of sufficient magnitude to warrant interpretation as support for the concurrent validity of the DACL.

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