TY - JOUR T1 - Validity evidence of the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form among depressed smokers JO - International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology T2 - AU - González-Roz,Alba AU - Secades-Villa,Roberto AU - Muñiz,José SN - 16972600 M3 - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.03.002 DO - 10.1016/j.ijchp.2018.03.002 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-international-journal-clinical-health-psychology-355-articulo-validity-evidence-behavioral-activation-for-S1697260018300085 AB - Background/ObjectiveA measure of Behavioral Activation (BA) is highly recommended when evaluating BA treatment effects for smokers with depression. Recently, a short version of the Behavioral Activation for Depression scale (BADS-SF) has been developed as a means of assessing changes in activation and avoidance patterns. To date there is no validated version of this questionnaire in Spanish. This study sought to adapt the BADS-SF to a Spanish population of depressed smokers. Method A sample of 169 smokers (72.2% female) with elevated depressive symptomatology completed the BADS-SF. Results A bi-factorial structure was obtained: Activation and Avoidance. Results indicated an acceptable internal consistency for both the Activation (ω = .85) and the Avoidance subscales (ω =.70). Overall, convergent validity was obtained with Activation and Avoidance subscales being related to other depression-related measures such as depressive symptomatology (Activation r = −.29; Avoidance r = .35), environmental reward (Activation r = .40; Avoidance r = −.41) and, nicotine dependence (Avoidance r = .23). This latter variable was the only one not showing a statistically significant association with the Activation factor (r = −.12). Conclusions The Spanish BADS-SF can be considered as a reliable and valid instrument when assessing behavioral activation among clinically depressed smokers. ER -