Table 1 Response frequencies of the MFQ and RCMAS items in percentages (N = 1,159)
From: General and specific components of depression and anxiety in an adolescent population
| Â | never | sometimes | mostly | always | missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M_1 I felt miserable or unhappy | 20.2 | 68.2 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 6.9 |
M_2 I didn't enjoy anything | 51.9 | 39.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 6.9 |
M_3 I was less hungry than usual | 45.7 | 34.8 | 10.4 | 2.1 | 7.0 |
M_4 I ate more than usual | 41.4 | 42.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
M_5 I felt so tired I just sat around and did nothing | 35.9 | 45.8 | 9.8 | 1.4 | 7.1 |
M_6 I was moving and walking more slowly than usual | 65.2 | 23.3 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
M_7 I was very restless | 40.2 | 42.0 | 8.7 | 2.1 | 7.1 |
M_8 I felt I was no good any more | 69.0 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
M_9 I sometimes blamed myself for things that weren't my fault | 60.2 | 27.2 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
M_10 It was hard for me to make up my mind | 25.9 | 51.2 | 13.2 | 2.6 | 7.1 |
M_11 I got grumpy and cross easily | 22.1 | 49.8 | 16.0 | 5.3 | 6.9 |
M_12 I felt like talking a lot less than usual | 47.6 | 35.8 | 7.9 | 1.8 | 7.0 |
M_13 I was talking more slowly than usual | 77.5 | 13.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
M_14 I cried a lot | 67.8 | 19.6 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 7.0 |
M_15 I thought there was nothing good for me in the future | 74.6 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 7.1 |
M_16 I thought that life was not worth living | 79.6 | 10.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 6.9 |
M_17 I thought about dying | 77.3 | 13.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 6.9 |
M_18 I thought my family would be better off without me | 77.5 | 12.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 6.9 |
M_19 I thought about killing myself | 84.4 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 7.1 |
M_20 I didn't want to see my friends | 68.6 | 22.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 7.1 |
M_21 I found it hard to think properly or concentrate | 28.0 | 54.8 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 7.1 |
M_22 I thought bad things would happen to me | 64.2 | 25.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 7.1 |
M_23 I hated myself | 71.1 | 17.2 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
M_24 I was a bad person | 67.4 | 22.4 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 7.1 |
M_25 I thought I looked ugly | 40.6 | 36.8 | 10.3 | 5.0 | 7.3 |
M_26 I worried about aches and pains | 52.7 | 33.2 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 7.0 |
M_27 I felt lonely | 56.8 | 29.6 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
M_28 I thought nobody really loved me | 73.6 | 14.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 7.0 |
M_29 I didn't have any fun at school | 50.2 | 34.2 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 7.2 |
M_30 I thought I could never be as good as other kids | 57.3 | 29.2 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 7.1 |
M_31 I did everything wrong | 61.1 | 27.6 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 7.1 |
M_32 I didn't sleep as well as usual | 44.1 | 36.3 | 8.9 | 3.7 | 7.0 |
M_33 I slept more than usual | 51.9 | 32.2 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
R_1 I had trouble making up my mind | 33.1 | 49.0 | 8.2 | 2.2 | 7.5 |
R_2 I worried when things did not go the right way for me. | 41.9 | 39.1 | 9.9 | 1.9 | 7.1 |
R_3 Others seemed to do things more easily than I could | 33.3 | 45.4 | 11.1 | 3.1 | 7.1 |
R_4 Often I had trouble getting breath | 74.0 | 16.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 7.0 |
R_5 I worried a lot of the time | 51.4 | 31.2 | 7.5 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
R_6 I was afraid of a lot of things | 66.9 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 7.2 |
R_7 I got angry easily | 35.7 | 39.2 | 12.3 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
R_8 I worried about what my parents would say to me | 54.3 | 29.7 | 6.7 | 2.2 | 7.1 |
R_9 I felt that others did not like the way I did things | 47.5 | 37.3 | 6.7 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
R_10 It was hard for me to get to sleep at night | 38.4 | 38.7 | 10.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 |
R_11 I worried about what other people thought about me | 33.8 | 41.9 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 7.1 |
R_12 I felt alone even when there were people with me | 66.2 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
R_13 Often I felt sick to my stomach | 69.8 | 20.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 7.2 |
R_14 My feelings got hurt easily | 50.8 | 31.1 | 7.9 | 3.2 | 7.0 |
R_15 My hands felt sweaty | 58.5 | 27.1 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
R_16 I was tired a lot | 30.2 | 42.6 | 14.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 |
R_17 I worried about what was going to happen | 49.7 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
R_18 Other children were happier than me | 43.1 | 37.9 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 7.4 |
R_19 I had bad dreams | 72.1 | 17.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 7.0 |
R_20 My feelings got hurt easily when I was fussed at | 64.8 | 20.9 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
R_21 I felt someone would tell me I did things the wrong way | 57.6 | 28.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 7.5 |
R_22 I wake up scared some of the time | 79.1 | 11.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 7.2 |
R_23 I worried when I went to bed at night | 66.3 | 20.9 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
R_24 It was hard for me to keep my mind on my school work | 34.2 | 42.7 | 11.2 | 4.7 | 7.2 |
R_25 I wiggled in my seat a lot | 47.2 | 30.4 | 11.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 |
R_26 I worried | 40.4 | 40.5 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
R_27 A lot of people were against me | 68.6 | 19.2 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 7.3 |
R_28 I often worried about something bad happening to me | 61.9 | 26.0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 7.1 |