Turkish Validity & Reliability of The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Adolescent Version (QIDS-A17-SR) In Comparison with The Beck Depression Inventory-II Among Late Adolescents

Abstract

Introduction: The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Adolescent Version QIDS-A17-SR has never been used before as an instrument measuring major depressive disorder symptomatology among Turkish adolescents. Researcher aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the QIDS-A17-SR.Methods: This study was conducted among 342 of Cankiri Karatekin University's late adolescent students from the Faculty of Education during the period between December 2014 and January 2015 academic years. The QIDS-A17-SR was translated into Turkish and was administered to students along with the Beck Depression Inventory-II-Turkish scale. The p value (p