Author: Beck, A.T.; Steer, R.A.; Carbin, M.G.
Description: Research studies focusing on the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) with psychiatric and nonpsychiatric samples were reviewed for the years 1961 through June, 1986. A meta-analysis of the BDI’s internal consistency estimates yielded a mean coefficient alpha of 0.86 for psychiatric patients and 0.81 for nonpsychiatric subjects. The concurrent validitus of the BDI with respect to clinical ratings and the Hamilton Psychiatric Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) were also high. The mean correlations of the BDI samples with clinical ratings and the HRSD were 0. 72 and 0.73, respectively, for psychiatric patients. With nonpsychiatric subjects, the mean correlations of the BDI with clinical ratings and the HRSD were 0.60 and 0.74, respectively. Recent evidence indicates that the BDI discriminates subtypes of depression and differentiates depression from anxiety.
Subject Headings: Beck Depression Inventory; Depression; Evaluation; Psychometric properties
Keywords: Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-five years of evaluation
Publication year: 1988
Journal or book title: Clinical Psychology Review
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Pages: 77-100
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Type: Journal Article
Serial number: 2672