Validation of individual items of the Depression Adjective Check List (Form E) across three populations.

Investigated the individual item response patterns of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) from E across three study populations by means of 34 stepwise regression analyses where the DACL adjectives were the dependent variables and the population group, sex, race, age and education were the independent variables. The study groups were: An area probability sample of Kansas City residents (N = 3,313), adult applicants to an urban community mental health center (N = 1,087) and a national probability sample (N = 3,007). Thirty-two of the 34 analyses produce the population as the most significant contribution to the prediction equation. Additional findings are discussed.