Test Development Proposal: Step One Throughout the course, students will conduct research on instruments that are currently used to measure a particular construct, develop a new instrument to measure...

Running Head: TEST DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL: STEP ONE    1
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TEST DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL: STEP ONE
(CONSTRUCT OF INTEREST: DEPRESSION)
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Construct of Interest: Depression    3
The Instrument: EQ-5D    4
Research Question    6
Conclusion    6
References    7
Introduction
Depression is one of the major disorders that carry out the behavioral deviance in human beings. In fact, as mentioned by Trangle et al. (2016), there can be many factors responsible for the growth and development of depressive behavior in people. Most of the causes that dominate depression and the onset of this disorder are related to the disturbed state of personal and professional life of individuals. The common symptoms of depression include sadistic behavior, lack of concentration, development of suicidal tendencies as well as problems in socializing with others.
There are a number of quality instruments and test methods, which are utilized to assess the degree of depression in people. As informed by Devlin and Brooks (2017), the most common assessment of depression depends over what kind of tool/instrument is applied by the expert to know the precise status of the problem and on to what course of treatment; the person deserves to be.
Construct of Interest: Depression
Depression is a widespread chronic illness in all age groups that affects people. With negative effects on mental health, physical health and social well-being, the influence of the diagnosis extends beyond the person. Self-efficacy has been referenced by conferring co-responsibility to the affected person to face his/her health issues as an important part of the prognosis of mood disorders.
In the literature for assessing self-efficacy, several evaluation instruments are found, but it is not yet clear, which of these indicators are more applicable to individuals with mood disorders, especially depression. As stated by Jeon and Ku (2018), given the fact that the lifetime and annual incidence rates of mental illness continue to rise, these disorders have only been recognized since the 2000s as being involved in the problem of occupational health.
In addition, while the number of recognized mental disorder cases is very small relative to their prevalence, they are extremely likely to cause major problems, including fatalities. As supported by Jamal-Omidi et al. (2018), many employees are afraid of losing their jobs due to mental illness and therefore tend to conceal their mental health issues
For this purpose, to detect such latent mental health issues, physicians participating in occupational and environmental medicine should rely on interviews or screenings. More precisely, in order to ensure effective preventive...