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SDS
Satow® Depression Scale
Short abstract
The SDS is used to assess the severity of depressive symptoms using four subscales (motivational, emotional, cognitive and somatic components of depressive symptoms). The long version consists of 16 items, the short version of 6 items (without subscales). Reliability: The internal consistency according to Cronbach was alpha = .94 (long version) and alpha = .92 (short version) for the total score. For the subscales, the values ranged between alpha = .71-.89. Validity: The construct validity was checked. Further tests were calculated based on various criteria (e.g. weight, sex drive, occupation).
Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID). (2024). Open Test Archive: SDS. Satow® Depression Scale. Available at: https://www.testarchiv.eu/en/test/9008607
Citation
Satow, L. (2024). SDS. Satow® Depression Scale [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen als Kurz- und Langform auf Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch, Testmanual, Testdokumentation]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.14430
Short information
Short Name SDS
English Name Satow® Depression Scale
Authors Satow, L.
Published in Test archive 2024
Copyright/Licence Copyright author; CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
Key words Depression (Emotion); Motivation; Emotion
Language versions deu eng fra spa ita
Construct Depression
Application age 16 years and older
Item number 16 items (long version); 6 items (short version; SDS-SF)
Subscales Subscale: 1 Motivational components of depressive symptoms, 2 Emotional components of depressive symptoms, 3 Cognitive components of depressive symptoms, 4 Somatic components of depressive symptoms
Application Time approx. 5 minutes (short version); ca. 10 minutes (long version)
Interpretation time Less than 1 minute with the Excel evaluation tool.
Internal consistency: Cronbach's alpha = .94 (long version), alpha = .92 (short version) for the total score. For the subscales, the values ranged between alpha = .71-.89.
Evidence for construct validity. Correlation with weight changes, sex drive and unemployment.
Year of standardization: 2023. Mean values and standard deviations separated by age and gender.
Applications Research, Therapy, Diagnostics
There is no abstract in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
There is no review in English available. Short information about the measure can be found under Overview. More can be found on the German pages.
First published in
Satow, L. (2024). SDS. Satow® Depression Scale [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogen als Kurz- und Langform auf Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch, Testmanual]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID.
Downloads
- SDS questionnaire long and short version (German) [PDF]
- SDS questionnaire long and short version (English) [PDF]
- SDS questionnaire long and short version (French) [PDF]
- SDS questionnaire long and short version (Italian) [PDF]
- SDS questionnaire long and short version (Spanish) [PDF]
- SDS test description (German) [PDF]
- SDS test documentation (German) [PDF]
- Homepage of Dr. Lars Satow with further information and materials [HTML]
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Contact information
Dr. Lars Satow, Diplom-Psychologe, Untere Auen 7/1, D-88677 Markdorf