Assessment of depressive affect in clinical practice

Walter W. Hudson; Enola K. Proctor

doi:10.1037/0022-006X.45.6.1206

Assessment of depressive affect in clinical practice

Walter W. Hudson
, Enola K. Proctor

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Abstract

Describes a new short-form measure of nonpsychotic depression (the Generalized Contentment Scale) designed for use in clinical settings to evaluate the course of therapy with single clients. It has a high reliability and also has good face, discriminant, and construct validity. The scale was developed specially for use in repeated administrations with the same client. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1206-1207
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.45.6.1206
State	Published - Dec 1977

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reliability of short form measure of nonpsychotic depression, implications for treatment of depression
validity &

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