title: A self-report version of the Ways of Responding: Reliability and validity in a clinical sample.
abstract: The Ways of Responding (WOR) instrument measures compensatory skills, a central construct in some theories of the mechanism of cognitive therapy for depression. However, the instrument is time-consuming and expensive to use in community settings, because it requires trained independent judges to rate subjects' open-ended written responses to depressogenic scenarios. The present study evaluated the reliability and validity of a self-report version of the WOR (WOR-SR) in a community mental health sample with depressive symptoms (N = 467).
  
  
  
  Subjects completed the WOR-SR, a modified version of the original WOR, and other measures of depressive symptoms, dysfunctional cognitions, functioning, quality of life, and interpersonal problems at multiple time points.
  
  
  
  An exploratory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure of the WOR-SR. The positive and negative subscales both demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas = .91) and moderate convergent validity with other measures.
  
  
  
  The WOR-SR is a reliable and valid measure of compensatory skills in patients receiving treatment for depression at community mental health centers.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Seohyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Mary Beth
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Connolly Gibbons
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diehl
authors.affiliation: b Department of Mathematics , West Chester University , West Chester , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallop
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA , USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crits-Christoph
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Ways of Responding; community mental health; compensatory skills; depression; reliability; validity