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Title: | Assessment of the random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II |
Authors: | Merkley, Beth Ann |
Keywords: | Beck Depression Inventory;Depression, Mental Testing |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
Abstract: | The present study compared a random version of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-IIR, based on the work of Dahl Strom, Brooks, & Peterson, 1990) with the standard version in a sample of 139 university students. The study also assessed various psychometric properties of the Random version, including test-retest reliability, internal consistency, discriminant validity, and concurrent validity using the standard BDI-II, the Zung Self-Rating Scale (SRS) , and the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) over a two week period. In addition, the effects of prior exposure to a depression inventory were examined. The BDI-II and its random counterpart did not evidence significantly different total scores, and both were found to have adequate and similar test-retest reliability, internal consistency and validity. Test-retest reliability was .86 for the BDI-II and .75 for the BDI-IIR. Internal consistency was found to be .87 and .85 for the BDI-II and BDI-IIR respectively. Both versions of the BDI-II were found to possess adequate validity with the CES-D and SRS. However, both scales also correlated very highly with the Edwards Social Desirability Scale. Lastly, pre-exposure to depression measures did not result in decreased scores at a later administration. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/2497 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Psychology : Clinical |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Master of Arts |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Mazmanian, Dwight |
Appears in Collections: | Retrospective theses |
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