Fourteen Brief Depression Adjective Checklists

Pulse of a nation: Depressive mood reactions of Israelis to the Israel–Lebanon War.

“…It should be noted that the June 1979 depression scores are at a level similar to that of the more stable period from May 1983to June 1984 This suggests that the June 1979 score is fairly typical of depressive mood levels in Israeli society in what one might call a "normal" period in that country. The mean depression score collapsed across groups (M = 4.32) for June 1979 is similar to that of the normal population as reported by Lubin (1966). These results justify the use of June 1979 as a comparison point of a relatively nonstressful time prior to the Israel-Lebanon war.…”

Evaluation of manic-depressive states with an Affect Adjective Check List

“…This unnecessarily increases the length of the test and serves no useful purpose. Lubin (6) has shown that 16-item check lists discriminate depressed states from normal states in both patients and normal Ss, and it is, therefore, very likely that shorter versions of the check list would be perfectly satisfactory.…”

The effects of sad mood on memory in older adults: A test of the mood congruence effect.

“…Four alternate forms of the DACL were used in repeated testing, with the order randomly determined for each participant. Reliability of the DACL was reported by Lubin (1981) to range from .80 to .93, depending on the form used. In this study, Cronbach's alphas for the DACL forms ranged from .87 to .92.…”