A self-report version of the Ways of Responding: Reliability and validity in a clinical sample. (4th July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yin, Seohyun; Connolly Gibbons, Mary Beth; Diehl, Caroline; Gallop, Robert; Crits-Christoph, Paul
• Is Part Of: Psychotherapy research. Volume 28:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 581
• Page End: 592
• Publication Date: 2018-07-04
• Subjects: depression -- Ways of Responding -- compensatory skills -- community mental health -- reliability -- validity; depressão -- Modos de responder -- habilidades compensatórias -- saúde mental comunitária -- confiabilidade -- validade; Depression -- Reaktionsmöglichkeiten -- kompensatorische Fähigkeiten -- psychiatrische Grundversorgung -- Reliabilität -- Validität; 憂鬱 -- 回應方式 -- 補償技巧 -- 社區心理健康 -- 信度 -- 效度; depressione -- Ways of Responding -- abilità compensative -- salute mentale di comunità -- affidabilità -- validità; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Research -- Periodicals; Psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Psychothérapie -- Périodiques; Psychothérapie -- Recherche -- Périodiques; 616.891405
• DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2016.1233367
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1050-3307

Abstract

Abstract: Objective : The Ways of Responding (WOR) instrument measures compensatory skills, a central construct in some theories of the mechanism of cognitive therapy for depression. However, the instrument is time-consuming and expensive to use in community settings, because it requires trained independent judges to rate subjects' open-ended written responses to depressogenic scenarios. The present study evaluated the reliability and validity of a self-report version of the WOR (WOR-SR) in a community mental health sample with depressive symptoms ( N = 467).Method : Subjects completed the WOR-SR, a modified version of the original WOR, and other measures of depressive symptoms, dysfunctional cognitions, functioning, quality of life, and interpersonal problems at multiple time points.Results : An exploratory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure of the WOR-SR. The positive and negative subscales both demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas = .91) and moderate convergent validity with other measures.Conclusion : The WOR-SR is a reliable and valid measure of compensatory skills in patients receiving treatment for depression at community mental health centers.