New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS
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 t...
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| author | Andrea Spoto Francesca Serra Ivan Donadello Umberto Granziol Giulio Vidotto |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-410fd87a087c413c8ed06e32d6d1c7902022-12-21T19:53:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-07-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.01101372933New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDSAndrea Spoto0Francesca Serra1Ivan Donadello2Umberto Granziol3Giulio Vidotto4Quantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyFondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, ItalyQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyQuantitative Psychology Laboratory, Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, ItalyMeasurement 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01101/fulladaptive psychological assessmentformal psychological assessmentdepressionqualitative and quantitative assessmentitem response theory (IRT) |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Spoto Francesca Serra Ivan Donadello Umberto Granziol Giulio Vidotto New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS Frontiers in Psychology adaptive psychological assessment formal psychological assessment depression qualitative and quantitative assessment item response theory (IRT) |
| title | New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS |
| title_full | New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS |
| title_fullStr | New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS |
| title_short | New Perspectives in the Adaptive Assessment of Depression: The ATS-PD Version of the QuEDS |
| title_sort | new perspectives in the adaptive assessment of depression the ats pd version of the queds |
| topic | adaptive psychological assessment formal psychological assessment depression qualitative and quantitative assessment item response theory (IRT) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01101/full |
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