title: Further evidence for the construct validity of the Beck depression Inventory-II with psychiatric outpatients.
abstract: To provide further information about the construct validity of the Beck Depression Inventory-II the inventory was administered to 210 psychiatric outpatients along with Derogatis' SCL 90-R. As hypothesized, the Beck Depression Inventory-II was more positively correlated with scores on the Depression subscale (r = .89) than it was with scores on the Anxiety subscale of the SCL-90-R (r = .71).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford 08084-1350, USA. steer@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Steer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ranieri
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Beck
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results