Correlational Analysis Questionnaire Depression State / Trait with a sample of adolescents and university city of Medellin (Colombia)
Keywords:
ST/DEP, convergent and discriminatory validity, correlationAbstract
This article deals with the results of an instrumental and correlational study that used the Questionnaire of Depression Status/Feature, Beck's Depression Inventory, reviewed, Depression Basic Questionnaire, Anxiety Status-Feature Inventory, and Anger Expression Inventory Status-Feature. Objective: To validate the Questionnaire of Depression Status/Feature in a sample of adolescents and university students form Medellin (Colombia). University students sample was composed by 137 males, average age 22.6 and TD 3.39, and 163 females, average age 22.42 and TD 3.61. Adolescent sample was formed by 136 males, average age 15.18 and TD 1.21, and 164 females, average age 15.67 and TD 1.21. Results showed consistency with those obtained in other similar studies: there were significant correlations among ST/DEP, depression measures and the STAI; with STAXI II correlations were not significant. Crombach's Alfa showed correlations above 0.75.
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