Thank you for your inquiry about the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ), developed by Adrian Angold and Elizabeth J. Costello in 1987.
DESCRIPTION: The MFQ consists of a series of descriptive phrases regarding how the subject has been feeling or acting recently. Codings reflect whether the phrase was descriptive of the subject most of the time, sometimes, or not at all in the past two weeks.
The MFQ is a suite of 6 versions. The MFQ is free to download.
- Child Self-Report – Long Version
- Child Self-Report – Short Version
- Parent-Report on Child – Long Version
- Parent-Report on Child – Short Version
- Adult Self-Report – Long Version
- Adult Self-Report – Short Version
Please be aware that there are no prescribed cut points for any version the MFQ. For additional information about setting a cut point, please read the Message from the Author.
Translations of the MFQ:
The MFQ has been translated into the following languages. Please be advised that there is no reliability or validity data for most of these translations MFQ Long Parent-Report on Child.
Arabic-Modern Standard:
- MFQ Long Child Self-Report
- MFQ Long Parent-Report on Child
- To view a Psychometrics and Validity paper for the Arabic MFQ, Click Here.
Arabic-Iraq:
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report: Female
- MFQ Short Parent Report on Child: Female
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report: Male
- MFQ Short Parent Report on Child: Male
Filipino:
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
Finnish:
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
German:
- MFQ Long Child Self-Report
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
- MFQ Long Parent-Report
- MFQ Short Parent-Report
Norwegian:
- MFQ Long Child Self-Report
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
Portuguese:
- MFQ Long Adult Self-Report
- MFQ Short Adult Self-Report
- MFQ Long Child Self-Report
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
- MFQ Long Parent-Report on Child
- MFQ Short Parent- Report on Child
Spanish:
- MFQ Long Adult Self-Report
- MFQ Short Adult Self-Report
- MFQ Long Child Self-Report
- MFQ Short Child Self-Report
- MFQ Long Parent-Report
- MFQ Short Parent-Report
If you would like to receive a copy of any of these MFQ translations, or if you would like to translate the MFQ into another language, please contact:
Phone: 919-385-0838
Box 3454 DUMC
Durham, NC 27710 USA
COPYRIGHT PERMISSION: Should you wish to administer the MFQ to your clients or for your research study, you may download a PDF of any version of the MFQ free of charge. We only ask that you cite the authors in any published work.
Thanks for your interest in the MFQ.
PERTINENT CITATIONS:
- Angold, A., Costello, E. J., Messer, S. C., Pickles, A., Winder, F., & Silver, D. (1995) The development of a short questionnaire for use in epidemiological studies of depression in children and adolescents. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 5, 237 – 249.
Article available in PDF format, with permission from Whurr Publishers Ltd. Download Article Here. - Messer, S. C., Angold, A., Costello, E.J., Loeber, R., Van Kammen, W., & Stouthamer-Loeber, M. (1995). Development of a short questionnaire for use in epidemiological studies of depression in children and adolescents: Factor composition and structure across development. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 5, 251-262.
Article available in PDF format, with permission from Whurr Publishers Ltd. Download Article Here.