Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale for Children and Adolescents

Authors

  • Priscilla Moreira OHNO Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Filosofi a e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia: Cognição e Comportamento. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0377-555X
  • Mariana Verdolin Guilherme FROESELER Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Filosofi a e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia: Cognição e Comportamento. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2211-5269
  • Maycoln Leôni Martins TEODORO Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Faculdade de Filosofi a e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia: Cognição e Comportamento. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-8567

Keywords:

Adolescents, Dysfunctional attitude, Cognition, Children, Depression, Scale

Abstract

Three studies investigated the psychometric properties of the adaptation to Portuguese of the Dysfunctional Attitude Scale for Children, a self-report instrument that assesses components of cognitive vulnerability to depression in Young people. Children and adolescents (n = 596; 9 to 16 years) completed the scale and other cognitions assessment tools and depressive symptoms. There were found good internal consistency indices for the instrument, and moderate to week correlations between the Disfunctional Attitude Scale of Children in the test-retest reliability (n = 225; mean interval of 8.3 months) and with the other instruments. Exploratory (n = 218) and confi rmatory (n = 378) factor analysis showed a three factor structure. The results indicate that Dysfunctional Attitude Scale for Children is a suitable measurement of dysfunctional attitudes in young people.

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2023-02-16

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OHNO, P. M., FROESELER, M. V. G., & TEODORO, M. L. M. (2023). Adaptation and psychometric properties of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale for Children and Adolescents. Psychological Studies, 35(2). Retrieved from https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/7448

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Vol. 35 No. 2 (2018): Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)

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PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

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