Short Form of Depression Inventory: Cross-Validation

Abstract

Summary.–-The short form of the Depression Inventory was administered to a variety of patient samples totalling 431 Ss. The correlation between test scores and clinicians’ ratings ranged from .55 for a hospitalized depressed sample to .67 for Ss in a general medical outpatient practice. The correlation between test scores on the two forms ranged from .89 to .97. When speed of administration is an important factor, the short form can serve as a satisfactory substitute for the long form of the inventory and is especially suited for screening medical outpatients for the presence of depression.