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Depression and anxiety · Jan 2004
Factor structure, concurrent validity, and internal consistency of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition in a sample of college students.
- Eric A Storch, Jonathan W Roberti, and Deborah A Roth.
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu
- Depress Anxiety. 2004 Jan 1; 19 (3): 187-9.
AbstractWe examined the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) [Beck et al., 1996, San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation]. Four hundred fourteen undergraduate students at two public universities participated. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the BDI-II two-factor structure measuring cognitive-affective and somatic depressive symptoms. In addition, the internal consistency was high and the concurrent validity of the BDI-II was supported by positive correlations with self-report measures of depression and anxiety. These findings replicate prior research supporting the validity and reliability of the BDI-II in a college sample.Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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