Clinical Psychology, Vol. 2 No. 1-2, 2009.
Original scientific paper
The relationship between depression indicators measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II and the Depression Scale D-92
Danijela Tomica
orcid.org/0000-0002-2634-5061
; Industrial-professional school S.S. Kranjčevića, Vinkovci, Croatia
Krunoslav Matešić
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
BDI-II is a self-report instrument for measuring the severity of depression. In this study we examined construct validity of the BDI-II in a sample of highschool adolescents. BDI-II and Depression Scale D-92 were administered to 78 male and 131 female adolescents whose ages ranged from 16 to 20 years old. To ascertain the construct scores. Using principal axis factor analysis we found two dimensions of self-reported depression. First factor represented cognitive-affective and second somatic dimension. The positive relationship between the BDI-II and D-92 scores (r = 0,74; p < 0,01) supports convergent validity of the BDI-II in this sample of adolescents.
Keywords
Beck Depression Inventory-II; Depression Scale D-92; construct validity; adolescents
Hrčak ID:
158411
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Publication date:
14.12.2009.
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