ADOLESCENT SELF-ESTEEM AND ADULT DEPRESSION 337 Appendix Comparison of Depression Seales and Used Items D-se do ot I feel sad. am d a the time and tcans o I feel discouraged about the future Yes I feel like a failure wenteneTd I feelam a complete failure asa peron. get as m gs as I uscd to It's hard for me to enjoy things %6 ing anymore am No feel guilty a good pa I feel punished. No If being punished. I'm disappointed in myself hate myself Iam critical of myself for my weaknesses or mistakes No I have thoughts of killing myself. Yes the chanc I ery. No (Appendix continues) Appendix Comparison of Depression Scales and Used Items 13 items of the LifE-study, age 16, based on the original BDI (Beck et al., 1961); scale ranges from 0 (first sentence) to 3 (last sentence) BDI-V Schmitt & Maes (2000); scale ranges from 0 (never) to 5 (almost always) Items of LifE-study, age 35; scale ranges from 0 (never) to (almost always), based on BDI-V I do not feel sad. I feel sad. Yes I feel sad. I am sad all the time and I can’t snap out of it. I am so sad and unhappy that I can’t stand it. I am not particularly discouraged about the future. I feel discouraged about the future. Yes I feel discouraged about the future. I feel I have nothing to look forward to. I feel the future is hopeless and that things cannot improve. I do not feel like a failure. I feel like a failure. No I feel I have failed more than the average person. As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lot of failures. I feel I am a complete failure as a person. I get as much satisfaction out of things as I used to. It’s hard for me to enjoy things. No I don’t enjoy things the way I used to. I don’t get real satisfaction out of anything anymore. I am dissatisfied or bored with everything. I don’t feel particularly guilty. I feel guilty. No I feel guilty a good part of the time. I feel quite guilty most of the time. I feel guilty all of the time. I don’t feel I am being punished. I feel punished. No I feel I may be punished. I expect to be punished. I feel I am being punished. I don’t feel disappointed in myself. I’m disappointed in myself. Yes I am disappointed in myself. I am disgusted with myself. I hate myself. I don’t feel I am any worse than anybody else. I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or mistakes. No I am critical of myself for my weaknesses and mistakes. I blame myself all the time for my faults. I blame myself for everything bad that happens. I don’t have any thoughts of killing myself. I have thoughts of killing myself. Yes I have thoughts of killing myself, but I would not carry them out. I would like to kill myself. I would kill myself if I had the chance. I don’t cry any more than usual. I cry. No I cry more now than I used to. I cry all the time now. I used to be able to cry, but now I can’t cry even though I want to. (Appendix continues) This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly. ADOLESCENT SELF-ESTEEM AND ADULT DEPRESSION 337