About Myself (Reynolds Child Depression Scale)

About Myself (Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale, RADS; Reynolds, 1986) is a 30-item scale that asks the child to rate their feelings. The ratings are then used to assess whether the child is demonstrating signs of clinical depression.

Abstract: About Myself is the Fast Track name for the Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS; Reynolds, 1987), which assesses depressive symptomatology in adolescents. It includes 30 items, which are rated on a 4-point scale where 1 represents "almost never" and 4 represents "almost all of the time." The RADS Professional Manual provides more psychometric information. Scoring of this measure was derived from the RADS Professional Manual (Reynolds, 1987). Seven items ("I feel happy", "I feel important", I feel like having fun with other students", "I feel loved", "I feel like talking to other students", "I feel like having fun", and "I feel like eating meals") were reverse-scored. A total score was calculated by taking the mean of the 30 items (using the reverse-scored items when appropriate). If a respondent was missing more than 50% of the items, the scale was coded as missing. A larger scale score indicates a greater occurrence of depressive symptomatology. The internal consistency of responses on this scale was high for both normative and control samples as measured by Cronbach's Alpha. An additional scale capturing clinically significant depressive symptomatology was also created (AMS8DEP). The total score (AMS8MEA) from this scale is normally distributed in both samples as indicated by skewness and kurtosis statistics. A high degree of scale internal consistency, as assessed by coefficient alpha, was observed for both the normative and control samples. Alternatively, AMS8DEP is highly skewed.

Who Completed this Measure?: Target Child/Youth (now in adulthood)

Cohort 1 - Administrative History

  • Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
  • Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
  • Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
  • Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17

Cohort 2 - Administrative History

  • Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
  • Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
  • Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
  • Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17

Cohort 3 - Administrative History

  • Year 08 | grade 7 | age 13
  • Year 09 | grade 8 | age 14
  • Year 11 | grade 10 | age 16
  • Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17

Technical Reports:

Raw Dataset Name: CyT

Scored Dataset Name: AMSySCc

Keywords:
Affective, Anger, Attention, Depression, Self Esteem, Worry

Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: No

Obtain Measure:

Fast Track obtained permission to use this measure in our study, but we are NOT ALLOWED TO DISTRIBUTE IT. To obtain a copy for your use, contact the source listed below.

Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
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