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- Title
Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in nonclinical adolescent samples.
- Authors
Osman, Augustine; Barrios, Francisco X.; Gutierrez, Peter M.; Williams, John E.; Bailey, Jennifer
- Abstract
This study examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) in samples of high-school adolescents (N=414; 210 boys and 204 girls, ages 14–18 years). Confirmatory factor analyses provided satisfactory fit estimates for the two- and three-factor oblique solutions reported frequently in the extant literature. The solution to a general factor with domain-specific somatic and cognitive-affective factors was examined as an alternative model to previously established models for the current high-school sample data. Results provided stronger support for the general factor model. Estimates of internal consistency for scores on this instrument were high (coefficient α=.92, average interitem correlation=.35). The mean BDI-II total score for the nonclinical samples (M=12.50, SD=10.50) was compared with the mean scores reported for various adolescent normative samples in the extant literature. The BDI-II total score correlated moderately and significantly with scores on self-report measures of hopelessness (r=.63), anxiety (r=.53), and suicide-related behaviors (r=.57), providing support of adequate correlates for the BDI-II. Estimates of known-groups validity were evaluated using data from a small sample of 167 clinical adolescent inpatients. Specific study findings, limitations, and recommendations are discussed. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 64: 83–102, 2008.
- Subjects
MENTAL depression; FACTOR analysis; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCALING (Social sciences); PSYCHOLOGICAL techniques; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2008, Vol 64, Issue 1, p83
- ISSN
0021-9762
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/jclp.20433