Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in low-income, African American suicide attempters.
Cross-cultural examinations of the validity and reliability of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steer, Ball, & Ranieri, 1996) is essential for its use in assessment and monitoring of the effectiveness of suicide interventions across racial groups. We tested the fit of a second-order, two-factor model and the internal reliability of the BDI-II in a sample of 133 African Americans with a recent history of suicide attempts. Additionally, we examined the convergent validity with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Reynolds & Koback, 1995). The results indicate that the BDI-II is a reliable and valid measure of depressive symptoms for African American suicide attempters.
Joe
Sean
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School of Social Work and Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. sjoe@umich.edu
Woolley
Michael E
ME
Brown
Gregory K
GK
Ghahramanlou-Holloway
Marjan
M
Beck
Aaron T
AT
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards*; D011203:Poverty; D011594:Psychometrics; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*