Self reported depressive symptomatology in adolescents: a psychometric study
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2014
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FWU Journal of Social Sciences
Abstract
This study attempts to explore cultural-specific manifestation and expression of depressive symptomatology
in adolescents. 40 school children referred by their teachers to the school counsellors were interviewed to
explore the expression of depressive symptomatology. A list of 32 elicited items was given to 10 school
counselors for empirical validation. All those items receiving 90% agreement from the experts were
retained. A final list of 27 items converted into a self report measure (Depressive Symptomatology Scale,
DSS) was piloted on 30 children. In the final phase, a 385 participants selected through stratified sampling
were given the DSS, the Self-Concept Scale (Perveen, Saleem, & Mahmood, 2011), and the Child Depression
Inventory (1992) for concurrent validity and a demographic performa. Principal Component Factor analysis
yielded a four factor solution; Sadness, Indecisiveness, Irritability and Psychosomatic symptoms. The DSS
was found to have high internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent and discriminant validity.
Results are discussed in terms of gender differences, school counseling and cultural differences.
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Adolescents, Gender, Depressive Symptomatology, Culture, Reliability, Validity
Citation
4. Saleem, S., Khalid, T. & Mahmood, Z ( 2014). Self Reported Depressive Symptomatology in Adolescents: A Psychometric Study, FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 8, (1), 57-66.