@article{6b97d14660c1491fae3249d08ac9975f,
title = "The Dysfunctional Attitudes scale: Psychometric properties in depressed adolescents",
abstract = "The psychometric properties and factor structure of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale were examined in a sample of 422 male and female adolescents (ages 12-17) with current major depressive disorder. The scale demonstrated high internal consistency (α=.93) and correlated significantly with self-report and interview-based measures of depression. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a correlated 2-factor model, with scales corresponding to perfectionism and need for social approval, provided a satisfactory fit to the data. The goodness-of-fit was equivalent across sexes and age groups. The findings support the use of the Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale and its subscales in the assessment of clinically depressed adolescents.",
author = "Rogers, {Gregory M.} and Park, {Jong Hyo} and Essex, {Marilyn J.} and Klein, {Marjorie H.} and Silva, {Susan G.} and Hoyle, {Rick H.} and Curry, {John F.} and Feeny, {Norah C.} and Betsy Kennard and Kratochvil, {Christopher J.} and Sanjeev Pathak and Reinecke, {Mark A.} and Rosenberg, {David R.} and Weller, {Elizabeth B.} and March, {John S.}",
note = "Funding Information: It is unclear when and how the personality configurations that correspond to DAS–P and DAS–NA are typically formed. Theoretically, like other traits, they are the product of genetic influences and early environmental factors, and this would suggest that they are measurable and influential in adolescence. This assertion is supported by data from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project, which found that high levels of dysfunctional attitudes, as measured by an abbreviated version of the DAS, interacted with negative life events to predict depression onset (Lewinsohn, Joiner, & Rohde, 2001). These data do not address the question, however, of whether distinct types of dysfunctional attitudes are identifiable by adolescence.",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1080/15374410903259007",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "38",
pages = "781--789",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology",
issn = "1537-4416",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "6",
}