title: Reliability and validity of the Beck depression inventory--II with adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: This investigation was conducted to validate the Beck Depression Inventory--II (BDI-II; A. T. Beck, R. A. Steer, & G. K. Brown, 1996) in samples of adolescent psychiatric inpatients. The sample in each substudy was primarily Caucasian. In Study 1, expert raters (N=7) and adolescent psychiatric inpatients (N=13) evaluated the BDI-II items to assess content validity. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analyses of several first-order solutions failed to provide adequate fit estimates to data for 205 boys, 203 girls, and the combined sample. Exploratory factor analyses identified new item-factor solutions. Reliability estimates were good (range =.72 to.91) for the BDI-II total and scale scores. In Study 3 (N=161 boys and 158 girls from Study 2), preliminary evidence for estimates of concurrent, convergent, and discriminant validity were established for the BDI-II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA. augustine.osman@uni.edu
authors.forename: Augustine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Beverly A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kopper
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barrios
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Courtney L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Bagge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires