The 7 up 7 down inventory: a 14-item measure of manic and depressive tendencies carved from the General Behavior Inventory.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to develop and validate manic and depressive scales carved from the full-length General Behavior Inventory (GBI). The brief version was designed to be applicable for youths and adults and to improve separation between mania and depression dimensions. Data came from 9 studies (2 youth clinical samples, aggregate N = 738, and 7 nonclinical adult samples, aggregate N = 1,756). Items with high factor loadings on the 2 extracted dimensions of mania and depression were identified from both data sets, and final item selection was based on internal reliability criteria. Confirmatory factor analyses described the 2-factor model's fit. Criterion validity was compared between mania and depression scales, and with the full-length GBI scales. For both mania and depression fact

SUBMITTER: Youngstrom EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3970320 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature