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Open Access 01-12-2007 | Research article

The Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS): a validation study

Authors: Anne Revah-Levy, Boris Birmaher, Isabelle Gasquet, Bruno Falissard

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Background

To examine the psychometric properties of the Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS), a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression.

Methods

The 11-item clinician-report and 44-item self-report versions of the ADRS were developed from a qualitative phase involving interviews of experts and adolescents. These two instruments were then administered to 402 French speaking adolescents with and without depressive disorders. Item distribution, internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity and factorial structure were assessed.

Results

After reduction procedures, a 10-item clinician version and a 10-item self-report version were obtained. The ADRS demonstrated good internal consistency (alpha Cronbach coefficient >.70). It also discriminated better between adolescents with and without depression than the Hamilton Depressive Rating Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-13).

Conclusion

The ADRS is a useful, short, clinician-report and self-report scale to evaluate adolescent depression. Further studies to replicate our findings and evaluate ADRS sensitivity to effects of treatment and psychometric properties in populations of adolescents with several psychiatric disorders are warranted.
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Metadata
Title
The Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS): a validation study
Authors
Anne Revah-Levy
Boris Birmaher
Isabelle Gasquet
Bruno Falissard
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-7-2

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