The Dutch version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS): psychometric properties and factor structure

Filip Raes; Dorien Hoes; Dinska Van Gucht; Jonathan W Kanter; Dirk Hermans

doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.02.001

The Dutch version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS): psychometric properties and factor structure

J Behav Ther Exp Psychiatry. 2010 Sep;41(3):246-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.02.001. Epub 2010 Feb 10.

Authors

Filip Raes¹, Dorien Hoes, Dinska Van Gucht, Jonathan W Kanter, Dirk Hermans

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. filip.raes@psy.kuleuven.be

PMID: 20167307
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.02.001

Abstract

In a community sample of 402 respondents, the authors examined the psychometric properties of the Dutch version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS; Kanter, Mulick, Busch, Berlin, & Martell, 2006). Results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the original 4-factor structure, providing the following subscales: Activation, Avoidance/Rumination, Work/School Impairment, and Social Impairment. All subscales showed adequate internal consistency, evidence of convergent validity with concurrent measures of depressive symptoms, rumination, psychological flexibility, and avoidance behavior, and evidence of differential validity between currently, formerly, and never depressed respondents.

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Depression / diagnosis*
Depression / psychology*
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychometrics / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Translating