TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Development of the Depressive Symptoms Questionnaire for Children
JO  - Alberta journal of educational research
A1  - Berg, Derek H.
SP  - 299
EP  - 316
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
N2  - The present study set out to develop a self-report instrument, the Depressive Symptoms Questionnaire (DSQ), for assessing depressed mood in school-aged children. Included were items based on research that reported symptoms of depressed mood in children, items related to negative psychosocial functioning, and items related to self-perceived academic ineffectiveness. Recent research had suggested that negative psychosocial functioning and self-perceived academic ineffectiveness were important to measure depressed mood in school children. After administration to a sample of children in grades 3 to 6, item-scale analyses supported a two-scale 30-item instrument representing depressed mood and academic ineffectiveness. Items that formed the DSQ suggest that sex, age, negative psychosocial functioning, and specific cognitive constructs that undergird self-perceptions of academic ineffectiveness are important when assessing the presence of depressed mood in children. Limitations and implications for future research on assessment of depressed mood in children are discussed.<p /> 
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SN  - 0002-4805
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -