title: Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth in a sample of girls.
abstract: A new measure has been developed to assess depressive symptoms, the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y; J. S. Beck, A. T. Beck, & J. B. Jolly, 2001). This research extends previous validation research of BDI-Y total scores by examining internal consistency and convergent and predictive validity within a school-based sample (n=859) of girls 9-13 years old by age level and for selected races or ethnic groups. Scores had high internal consistency, and there was support for using the BDI-Y to assess depressive symptoms. Reliability was slightly lower for 9-year-olds, but reliability and validity estimates did not differ by race or ethnic group. Finally, confirmatory factor analysis results provide some support for unidimensionality of scores but also point toward possible refinements.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. stapleton@umbc.edu
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Stapleton
authors.forename: Janay B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Kevin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results