NCJ Number
129412
Journal
Adolescence Volume: 26 Issue: 101 Dated: (Spring 1991) Pages: 113-119
Date Published
1991
Length
7 pages
Annotation
Popular self-report inventories of depression, hopelessness, social desirability, and anxiety, along with the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire, were completed by 150 college students.
Abstract
Tanaka-Matsumi and Kameoka (1986) had questioned the use of popular depression instruments in the assessment of this population, due to the high correlation between depression, anxiety, and social desirability scales. The present experiment also found significant correlations between the self-report instruments and suicidal behaviors. These findings may be due to the fact that anxiety and depression are often found together in clinical settings, and that the content of depression and anxiety scales is not specific to these constructs. 2 tables and 18 references (Publisher abstract)