validity

Question 1

Abramson and Selegiman 1978

Answer 1

Face validity:
Resemblance to the core symptoms should be assessed.
(depression and anhedonia)

Question 2

Brown and Harris 1978

Answer 2

major group of models based on stress justified by the reference to the role of stressful life events in the aetiology of depression

Question 3

Willner and Mitchell, 2002

Answer 3

Suggest construct validity is the most important of the three dimensions

Question 4

Willner 1984 (construct)

Answer 4

Construct validity: both the behaviour in the model and the features of depression being modelled can be unambiguously interpretated and are homologous. and whether the feature being modelled stands in an established empirical and theoretical relationship to depression

Question 5

Willner 1984 (face)

Answer 5

Whether a model correctly identifies:

1. antidepressant treatments of pharmacologically diverse types
2. Without making errors of ommission
3. or commision
4. whether potency in the model correlates with clinical potency