Additional Evidence for Comparability of Set Two (Lists E,F,and G) of the Depression Adjective Check Lists

Abstract

Forms E, F, and G of the Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL) were administered to 240 college undergraduates. Half completed this “Actual” condition before random assignment either to a “Fake Good,” “Fake Bad,” or “Fake Average” condition, 20 males and 20 females per experimental condition, and half were randomly assigned first to one of the experimental conditions and then to the “Actual” condition. All 36 intercorrelations were significant and ranged from .65 to .92. Mean rs for the experimental conditions when they occurred first were .90, .87, and .77 and .82, .66, and .86 when they occurred second (“Fake Bad,” “Fake Good,” and “Fake Average,” respectively). An intercorrelation matrix of all six half-lists of Forms E, F, and G showed all rs significant. These findings increase confidence in the consideration of Lists E, F, and G of the check list as equivalent and in the potential utility of the half-lists.