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      How dysfunctional are the dysfunctional attitudes in another culture?

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      Şahin, N. H.
      Şahin, N.
      Date
      1992
      Source Title
      British Journal of Medical Psychology
      Print ISSN
      0007-1129
      Volume
      65
      Issue
      1
      Pages
      17 - 26
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      The Dysfunctional Attitude Scale (DAS-A) has been used in many studies to measure depressogenic attitudes, vulnerability to depression and to assess the effectiveness of cognitive therapy. Despite its frequent use in research, no data have yet been reported on its item validity. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the item validity and psychometric properties of the DAS-A in the Turkish cultural context. The subjects were 345 university students. The locally adapted versions of the Beck Depression Inventory and the Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire were also administered. The reliability coefficients and the factor structure of the DAS-A were found to be similar to those reported in the West. However, the total mean was found to be unusually, high. The reason for this elevated mean score was as found to reside in the response patterns of the subjects to the reverse items. None of these 10 reverse items discriminated the dysphoric and non-dysphoric groups. A closer examination revealed these 10 items to reflect autonomous attitudes. It seems that these 10 reverse items do nothing but distort the mean scores and render cross-cultural comparisons difficult. Recent research on depression shows that, while autonomy may or may not be related to depression, sociotropy has consistent association with it. Researchers in other cultures and those working with minority and immigrant groups are warned against this bias inherent in the DAS-A.
      Keywords
      Adult
      Attitude
      Comparative Study
      Cross-Cultural Comparison
      Depression
      Female
      Human
      Life Change Events
      Male
      Personality Inventory
      Psychometrics
      Turkey
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