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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018

New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS.

Andrea Spoto, Francesca Serra, Ivan Donadello, Umberto Granziol, Giulio Vidotto

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Andrea SpotoQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Francesca SerraQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Ivan DonadelloFondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy.
Umberto GranziolQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Giulio VidottoQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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Abstract

Measurement is a crucial issue in psychological assessment. In this paper a contribution to this task is provided by means of the implementation of an adaptive algorithm for the assessment of depression. More specifically, the Adaptive Testing System for Psychological Disorders (ATS-PD) version of the Qualitative-Quantitative Evaluation of Depressive Symptomatology questionnaire (QuEDS) is introduced. Such implementation refers to the theoretical background of Formal Psychological Assessment (FPA) with respect to both its deterministic and probabilistic issues. Three models (one for each sub-scale of the QuEDS) are fitted on a sample of 383 individuals. The obtained estimates are then used to calibrate the adaptive procedure whose performance is tested in terms of both efficiency and accuracy by means of a simulation study. Results indicate that the ATS-PD version of the QuEDS allows for both obtaining an accurate description of the patient in terms of symptomatology, and reducing the number of items asked by 40%. Further developments of the adaptive procedure are then discussed.

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adaptive psychological assessmentdepressionformal psychological assessmentitem response theory (IRT)qualitative and quantitative assessment

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PMCPMC6043690

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