Validation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS)—Psychometric properties of the long and short form

Fuhr, K; Hautzinger, Martin; Krisch, K.; Berking, Matthias; Ebert, David Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.02.004

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“…Un aspecto que es relevante mencionar son las diferencias observadas entre los diferentes contextos culturales en cuanto a las puntuaciones medias del total de la escala y las subescalas que la conforman, lo cual sugiere una vez más que el contexto enmarca la experiencia y la forma de expresar la depresión. Por ejemplo, en el caso de la evitación se observaron puntuaciones similares entre el contexto español (Barraca et al, 2011) y mexicano, a diferencia del contexto americano (Fuhr et al, 2016;Kanter et al, 2008). En cambio, en el contexto mexicano se presenta mayor deterioro social, en comparación al contexto español y americano; pero cuando se trata del deterioro laboral y for-mativo, es el contexto español donde se presenta mayor afectación, en comparación con la muestra mexicana y americana.…”

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Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Activación Conductual para la Depresión (BADS) en una Muestra Mexicana

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ello se aplicó la escala a 381 estudiantes de una universidad privada. Los resultados evidenciaron que, comparada tanto con la versión original en inglés como con la adaptación española desarrollada en España, es una escala válida y consistente. Las dimensiones del instrumento original se replicaron en el análisis factorial confirmatorio. La validez de criterio y discriminante se contrastó por medio de correlaciones con el BDI-II, que arrojaron puntuaciones de acuerdo con lo esperado tanto para el total de la escala como para las distintas dimensiones. Un análisis de regresión logística ordinal demostró que las puntuaciones de corte del BDI-II (depresión mínima, leve, moderada y severa) predicen adecuadamente las puntuaciones del BADS. Respecto a la consistencia interna, en esta muestra alcanzó un alfa de Cronbach de .89 para el total de la escala y de .77 a .85 para sus dimensiones.

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“…Second, it is possible that both the BADS Activation subscale and the HAM-D scale measure the same construct. While some overlap exists, the activation subscale explained only 10.9% of the variance in depressive symptomatology in depressed outpatients (Fuhr et al, 2016). Finally, the assessment battery did not include detailed assessment of neurocognitive functions and social support, each of which might have influenced both behavioral activation and the efficacy of Engage.…”

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“…This factor structure was replicated in community samples with elevated depressive symptoms (Jonathan W Kanter, Rusch, Busch, & Sedivy, 2009; Raes, Hoes, Van Gucht, Kanter, & Hermans, 2010) and in depressed outpatients. (Fuhr, Hautzinger, Krisch, Berking, & Ebert, 2016; Teismann, Ertle, Furka, Willutzki, & Hoyer, 2015). Adequate reliability and validity were reported for the BADS in all the above studies, with BADS scores showing predicted associations with depressive symptoms.…”

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“…Adequate reliability and validity were reported for the BADS in all the above studies, with BADS scores showing predicted associations with depressive symptoms. The BADS has good psychometric properties, evidence of construct validity of the total scale and subscales, and adequate fit of the data to the factors structure in various populations (Fuhr et al, 2016; Jonathan W Kanter et al, 2007; Jonathan W Kanter et al, 2009; Manos et al, 2010; Raes et al, 2010), as well as evidence of convergent validity with concurrent measures of depressive symptoms, rumination, flexibility, and avoidant behavior (Fuhr et al, 2016; Raes et al, 2010). …”

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“Engage” therapy: Prediction of change of late-life major depression

Alexopoulos

O’Neil

Banerjee

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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Objective Engage grew out of the need for streamlined psychotherapies that can be accurately used by community therapists in late-life depression. Engage was based on the view that dysfunction of reward networks is the principal mechanism mediating depressive symptoms. Accordingly, Engage uses “reward exposure” (exposure to meaningful activities) and assumes that repeated activation of reward networks will normalize these systems. This study examined whether change in a behavioral activation scale, an index of reward system function, predicts change in depressive symptomatology. Methods The participants (N=48) were older adults with major depression treated with 9 weekly sessions of Engage and assessed 27 weeks after treatment. Depression was assessed with the 24-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and behavioral activation with the four subscales of Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (activation, avoidance/rumination, work impairment, social impairment) at baseline, 6 weeks (mid-treatment), 9 weeks (end of treatment), and 36 weeks. Results Change only in the Activation subscale during successive periods of assessment predicted depression severity (HAM-D) at the end of each period (F1,47=21.05, p<0.0001). An increase of one standard deviation in the Activation score resulted in a 2.04 (95% CI: 1.17–2.92) point decrease in HAM-D. For every one point increase in the Activation score, HAM-D was decreased by 0.22 points (95% CI: 0.12–0.31). Limitations No comparison group. Partial overlap of Activation Subscale with HAM-D, lack of detailed neurocognitive assessment and social support. Conclusion Change in behavioral activation predicts improvement of depressive symptoms and signs in depressed older adults treated with Engage.

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“…The abbreviated version of BADS (BADS-SF) allows health providers to swiftly and effectively monitor BA changes in-treatment; especially when added to other smoking-related and sociodemographic measurements. Research has reported that BADS-SF possesses adequate psychometric properties across both non-clinical ( Raes et al, 2010 , Wagener et al, 2015 ) and clinically depressed individuals ( Fuhr, Hautzinger, Krisch, Berking, & Ebert, 2016 ). Interestingly, it has shown good construct validity through high correlations with measures of depression and predictive validity over a one-week period ( Manos et al, 2011 ).…”

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Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers

González‐Roz

Secades‐Villa

Muñiz

2018

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

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Background/ObjectiveA measure of Behavioral Activation (BA) is highly recommended when evaluating BA treatment effects for smokers with depression. Recently, a short version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression scale (BADS-SF) has been developed as a means of assessing changes in activation and avoidance patterns. To date there is no validated version of this questionnaire in Spanish. This study sought to adapt the BADS-SF to a Spanish population of depressed smokers. Method A sample of 169 smokers (72.2% female) with elevated depressive symptomatology completed the BADS-SF. Results A bi-factorial structure was obtained: Activation and Avoidance. Results indicated an acceptable internal consistency for both the Activation (ω = .85) and the Avoidance subscales (ω =.70). Overall, convergent validity was obtained with Activation and Avoidance subscales being related to other depression-related measures such as depressive symptomatology (Activation r = −.29; Avoidance r = .35), environmental reward (Activation r = .40; Avoidance r = −.41) and, nicotine dependence (Avoidance r = .23). This latter variable was the only one not showing a statistically significant association with the Activation factor (r = −.12). Conclusions The Spanish BADS-SF can be considered as a reliable and valid instrument when assessing behavioral activation among clinically depressed smokers.

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Validation of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale (BADS)—Psychometric properties of the long and short form

Cited by 44 publications

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Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Activación Conductual para la Depresión (BADS) en una Muestra Mexicana

Propiedades Psicométricas de la Escala de Activación Conductual para la Depresión (BADS) en una Muestra Mexicana

“Engage” therapy: Prediction of change of late-life major depression

Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers

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