There are 31 groups of items below, each group has 4 statements and the Arabic number marked before each sentence is the rating score. You can circle the number in front of the sentence that best fits your situation according to how you feel throughout the week. After all 31 groups were completed, the total score was obtained by adding the circled scores of each group. Based on the total score, you can understand unambiguously whether you are depressed or not and how depressed you are.
(I)
1.I do not feel sad.
2.I feel sad.
3.I am always sad and cannot control myself. Chen Liming, Department of Psychological Counseling, Chongqing Mental Health Center
4.I am too sad or unpleasant to bear.
(II)
1.I am not disappointed about the future.
2.I feel disheartened about the future.
3.I feel the prospect is bleak.
4.I feel that the future is hopeless and cannot be improved.
(3)
1.I don’t feel defeated.
2.I feel that I have failed more than the average person.
3.Looking back, all I can see is a lot of failures.
4.I feel that I am a complete failure.
(IV)
1.I get a lot of satisfaction from all kinds of events.
2.I can’t feel pleasure from various events.
3.I can’t get real satisfaction from all kinds of events.
4.I am dissatisfied or feel dull from everything.
(V)
1.I do not feel guilty.
2. I feel guilty for a considerable period of time.
3. I feel guilty most of the time.
4. I feel guilty at all times.
(6)
1.I do not feel punished.
2. I felt that I might be punished.
3. I expect to be punished.
4. I feel that I am being punished.
(vii)
1.I am not disappointed in myself.
2.I am disappointed in myself.
3.I hate myself.
4.I hate myself.
(H)
1.I don’t feel any worse than others.
2.I want to criticize my own weaknesses and mistakes.
3.I blame myself for my mistakes at all times.
4.I blame myself for all the things I messed up.
(IX)
1.I don’t have any thoughts of getting myself killed.
2.I have suicidal thoughts, but I won’t do it.
3.I want to commit suicide.
4.I would kill myself if I had the chance.
(X)
1.I cried the same as usual.
2.I cry more than usual.
3.I have to cry all the time now.
4.I used to be able to cry, but now I can’t cry even if I want to.
(XI)
1.I am not more angry now than in the past.
2.I get angry more easily than usual now.
3.I feel angry all the time now.
4. The things that used to make me angry don’t make me angry at all now.
(12)
1.I have not lost interest in other people.
2. Compared with the past, I am less interested in others.
3.I have lost most of my interest in others.
4. I have lost all my interest in others.
(xiii)
1.I put off making decisions more than in the past.
2.I have much more difficulty in making decisions than before.
3. I can no longer make decisions.
(XIV)
1.I think my appearance looks no worse than in the past.
2.I worry that I look old and unattractive.
3.I think my appearance has changed somewhat, making me ugly.
4.I believe I look ugly.
(XV)
1.I work as well as I did before.
2.To get down to business, I now need to put some extra effort into it.
3.Whatever I do I must push myself hard to do it.
4.I can’t do any work anymore.
(XVI)
1.I sleep as well as I always do.
2.I don’t sleep as well as I used to.
3.I woke up 1 to 3 hours earlier than usual and had trouble getting back to sleep.
4. I wake up a few hours earlier than usual and can’t go back to sleep.
(xvii)
1.I don’t feel more tired than usual.
2.I feel tired and weak more easily than before.
3.No matter what I do, I feel tired and weak.
4. I am too tired and weak to do anything.
(18)
1.My appetite is the same as usual.
2.My appetite is not as good as it used to be.
3.My appetite is much worse now.
4. I have no appetite at all.
(XIX)
1.I have not lost a lot of weight recently.
2.I have lost more than 3.37 kg of weight.
3.I have lost more than 5.54 kg.
4. I have lost more than 7 or 81 kg.
(20)
1.I am not more worried about my health than usual.
2.I am worried about physical problems, such as pain, stomach upset or constipation.
3.I am so worried about physical problems that it is difficult to think about other things.
4.I am so worried about physical problems that I can’t think about anything else.
(XXI)
1.I haven’t noticed any recent changes in my interest in sex.
2.My interest in sex is lower than it used to be.
3.My interest in sex is now greatly reduced.
4.My interest in sex has been completely lost.
Are you done? Look at the results-
A total score of 11: You are healthy and depression-free.
a total score of 11 – 15, you have mild emotional distress and need to pay attention to regulation
When the total score is greater than 15, you have depression and need to see a psychologist
When the score is greater than 35, it means that depression has become more serious and you must see a psychiatrist.