The Beck Inventory: Psychometric Properties in University Students
- 31 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Personality Assessment
- Vol. 49 (4) , 434-436
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327752jpa4904_12
Abstract
The psychometric properties of the Beck Inventory (BI), a revised, copyrighted version of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), were investigated in 204 university students. Two-week test-retest reliability was .90, coefficient alpha was .87, concurrent validity using the BDI as the criterion was .94, and the correlation between level of depression as measured by the two instrument was .86. The mean score on the DI was significantly but only one-half point lower than that on the BDI. Individual items were all highly and significantly correlated, but items. Depression was not significantly related to demographic variables.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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