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Psychometric Properties of a Modified Version of the Treatment Evaluation Inventory for Assessing the Acceptability of Treatments for Geriatric Depression*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Philippe Landreville  and
Anne Guérette
Philippe Landreville
Affiliation:
Université Laval
Anne Guérette
Affiliation:
Université Laval
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Abstract

Pregraduate students (N = 144) used a modified version of the Treatment Evaluation Inventory (TEI; Kazdin, 1980a) to rate the acceptability of one of three treatments for depression (cognitive therapy, cognitive bibliotherapy, and antidepressant medication) for one of three cases of a depressed elderly person (mild, moderate or severe symptoms). Factorial analysis of the modified version of the TEI revealed two factors (treatment acceptability and negative aspects) which accounted for 72.8 per cent of the total variance. The modified TEI was shown to possess good concurrent validity as well as good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Subjects rated all treatments as equally acceptable, and treatments were judged more acceptable for mild to moderate symptoms.

Résumé

Des étudiants de premier cycle de niveau universitaire (N = 144) ont utilisé une version modifiée du «Treatment Evaluation Inventory» (TEI; Kazdin, 1980a) pour évaluer l'acceptabilité de l'un de trois traitements de la dépression (thérapie cognitive, bibliothérapie cognitive, et médicaments antidépresseurs) pour l'une de trois personnes âgées déprimées (présentant des symptômes légers, modérés ou sévères). Une analyse factorielle de la version modifiée du TEI a révélé deux facteurs (l'acceptabilité du traitement et les aspects négatifs) expliquant 72.8 pour cent de la variance totale. Le TEI modifié possède une bonne validité concomitante de même qu'une bonne fidélité, telle que reflétée par sa consistance interne et sa stabilité temporelle. L'acceptabilité des différents traitements est équivalente et les traitements sont plus acceptables pour les symptômes légers à modérés.

Keywords

AcceptabilityPsychotherapyPharmacotherapyDepressionOlder AdultsValidityAcceptabilitépsychothérapiepharmacothérapiedépressionadultes âgésvalidité
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Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , Hiver/Winter 1998 , pp. 414 - 424
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1998

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