Evidence-based assessment/Instruments/Mood and Feelings Questionnaire

The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) is a survey that measures depression in children and adolescents ages 6-18. The questionnaire was created by researchers at Duke University as part of the Great Smokey Mountain epidemiological project in Western North Carolina. MFQ has six versions, containing short (13 item) and long (33 item) forms of each of the following: a youth self-report, a version that a parent would complete, and a self-report version for adults. It takes 5-10 minutes to administer the questionnaire and is used by clinicians in community samples of ages 6-18.[1]

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Scoring and interpretation

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The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire has several tests, one short and one long, with the short questionnaire including 13 questions and the long questionnaire consisting of 33 questions.  Scoring of the questionnaire works by summing the point values allocated to each question.[1] The responses and their allocated point values are as follows:

"not true" = 0 points

"somewhat true" = 1 point

"true" = 2 points

Scores on the short MFQ range from 0 to 26, whereas scores on the long MFQ range from 0 to 66. Higher score indicates more severe depressive symptoms. Scores larger than 12 on the short version or larger than 27 on the long version are suggestive of likely depression and warrant further clinical assessment.[1]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Angold, A; Costello, EJ (1988). "Scales to assess child and adolescent depression: checklists, screens, and nets". Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 27 (6): 726–737. doi:10.1097/00004583-198811000-00011. PMID 3058677.