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Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers

A measure of Behavioral Activation (BA) is highly recommended when evaluating BA treatment effects for smokers with depression. Recently, a short version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression scale (BADS-SF) has been developed as a means of assessing changes in activation and avoidance pattern...

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Autores principales: González-Roz, Alba, Secades-Villa, Roberto, Muñiz, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6225060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.03.002
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author González-Roz, Alba
Secades-Villa, Roberto
Muñiz, José
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Muñiz, José
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description A measure of Behavioral Activation (BA) is highly recommended when evaluating BA treatment effects for smokers with depression. Recently, a short version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression scale (BADS-SF) has been developed as a means of assessing changes in activation and avoidance patterns. To date there is no validated version of this questionnaire in Spanish. This study sought to adapt the BADS-SF to a Spanish population of depressed smokers. Method A sample of 169 smokers (72.2% female) with elevated depressive symptomatology completed the BADS-SF. Results A bi-factorial structure was obtained: Activation and Avoidance. Results indicated an acceptable internal consistency for both the Activation (ω = .85) and the Avoidance subscales (ω =.70). Overall, convergent validity was obtained with Activation and Avoidance subscales being related to other depression-related measures such as depressive symptomatology (Activation r = −.29; Avoidance r = .35), environmental reward (Activation r = .40; Avoidance r = −.41) and, nicotine dependence (Avoidance r = .23). This latter variable was the only one not showing a statistically significant association with the Activation factor (r = −.12). Conclusions The Spanish BADS-SF can be considered as a reliable and valid instrument when assessing behavioral activation among clinically depressed smokers.
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spelling pubmed-62250602018-11-28 Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers González-Roz, Alba Secades-Villa, Roberto Muñiz, José Int J Clin Health Psychol Original article A measure of Behavioral Activation (BA) is highly recommended when evaluating BA treatment effects for smokers with depression. Recently, a short version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression scale (BADS-SF) has been developed as a means of assessing changes in activation and avoidance patterns. To date there is no validated version of this questionnaire in Spanish. This study sought to adapt the BADS-SF to a Spanish population of depressed smokers. Method A sample of 169 smokers (72.2% female) with elevated depressive symptomatology completed the BADS-SF. Results A bi-factorial structure was obtained: Activation and Avoidance. Results indicated an acceptable internal consistency for both the Activation (ω = .85) and the Avoidance subscales (ω =.70). Overall, convergent validity was obtained with Activation and Avoidance subscales being related to other depression-related measures such as depressive symptomatology (Activation r = −.29; Avoidance r = .35), environmental reward (Activation r = .40; Avoidance r = −.41) and, nicotine dependence (Avoidance r = .23). This latter variable was the only one not showing a statistically significant association with the Activation factor (r = −.12). Conclusions The Spanish BADS-SF can be considered as a reliable and valid instrument when assessing behavioral activation among clinically depressed smokers. Asociacion Espanola de Psicologia Conductual 2018 2018-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6225060/ /pubmed/30487921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.03.002 Text en © 2018 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers
title_full_unstemmed Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers
title_short Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers
title_sort validity evidence of the behavioral activation for depression scale-short form among depressed smokers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6225060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30487921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.03.002
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