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Question 53

A clinical psychologist designs a new 10-item self-report scale, the Depressive Symptom Screener (DSSDSSDSS), to rapidly assess depressive symptoms. To evaluate the instrument, the psychologist administers both the DSS DSS\,DSS and the well-established Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-IIBDI\text{-}IIBDI-II) to a cohort of 120 patients during the same clinical assessment, obtaining a high positive correlation between the two sets of scores (r=+0.86r = +0.86r=+0.86).

Which type of validity has been demonstrated by this high correlation?

Face validity

Ecological validity

Predictive validity

Concurrent validity

Research methods and techniques Questions

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