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The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Depressed Adolescents: A measure to predict the course of depression in depressed youth.
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry . Jan2012, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p47-54. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Objective: Self-efficacy can be conceptualised as a person’s perception of their own ability to produce a desired outcome. Low self-efficacy has been reported to be a mediating variable in developing depression. The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Depressed Adolescents (SEQ-DA) is a 12-item inventory, designed to measure self-perceived ability of the young person to cope with depressive symptoms. This paper presents further information on the psychometric properties of the SEQ-DA in a clinical sample of depressed adolescents.Method: The SEQ-DA was administered to a clinical sample of 130 adolescents with a depressive disorder at baseline, at the end of 3 months of therapy and 6 months following therapy. A diagnosis of depression was made using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children. The ability of the SEQ-DA to identify those adolescents who had a diagnosis of major depressive disorder at baseline, following treatment and at 6-month follow-up was evaluated. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis of the SEQ-DA in this clinical sample of depressed adolescents was undertaken to establish cut-off scores of the SEQ-DA.Results: The SEQ-DA score at baseline of < 36 and following treatment of < 43 were predictive of a depressive disorder.Conclusions: The SEQ-DA is a very simple self-report measure that can be used to predict which adolescents treated for depression are likely to remain depressed, thus prompting more intensive treatment and follow-up. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *DIAGNOSIS of mental depression
*MENTAL depression
*THERAPEUTICS
*MEDICAL screening
*PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
*ADOLESCENT psychiatry
*RESEARCH methodology
*PSYCHOMETRICS
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*REGRESSION analysis
*RESEARCH funding
*STATISTICAL sampling
*SCALE analysis (Psychology)
*SELF-efficacy
*SELF-evaluation
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*T-test (Statistics)
*TEENAGERS' conduct of life
*PREDICTIVE tests
*RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
*DISEASE progression
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ADOLESCENCE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00048674
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 78166900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867411428390