Langevin R, Stancer H
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1979 Jan;59(1):70-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb06948.x.
Many popular methods of measuring depression have not been adequately validated for discriminant validity from social desirability. In a study of 26 patients, 14 with secondary depression, and 12 nondepressives, it was shown that the commonly used Beck Depression Inventory and MMPI Depression scale and the Carroll self-administering version of the Hamilton scales correlate as highly with social undesirability as with each other. Social desirability ratings of item alternatives on the Beck and Hamilton scales by 12 normal students showed the depth of depression to be significantly related to social undesirability response scores. The difficulty of distinguishing depression and social undesirability response set was discussed and it was suggested that "low self-esteem" may be all that is measured by the rating scales used in this study.
许多常用的抑郁症测量方法在区分效度方面尚未充分验证其与社会期望性的差异。在一项针对26名患者的研究中，其中14名患有继发性抑郁症，12名无抑郁症，结果显示，常用的贝克抑郁量表、明尼苏达多项人格调查表抑郁量表以及卡罗尔自行施测版的汉密尔顿量表与社会非期望性之间的相关性，与它们彼此之间的相关性一样高。12名正常学生对贝克量表和汉密尔顿量表上项目选项的社会期望性评分表明，抑郁深度与社会非期望性反应得分显著相关。文中讨论了区分抑郁症和社会非期望性反应倾向的困难，并提出“低自尊”可能是本研究中使用的评定量表所测量的全部内容。
