The Beck Depression Inventory 2nd Edition (BDI-II): A cross sample structural analysis

Abstract

A common concern about the BDI-II among researchers in the area of depression has long been the single-factor scoring scheme. Methods exist for making cross sample comparisons of latent structure but tend to rely on estimation methods that can be imprecise and unnecessarily complex. This study presents a computationally more efficient method for reproducing a population matrix and uses this method to evaluate competing factor solutions of the BDI-II published in the literature. The results of this study suggest our alternative method can reproduce a population matrix and when used to test various factor solutions of the BDI-II, there is a lack of evidence to suggest any one superior structure. However, the source of measurement error within some models may help to inform the diagnostic utility of the BDI-II.

Investigating the Alcohol Effects on the Response to Strenuous Exercise Training: Protocol for a Multidisciplinary Intervention Study in Young Healthy Adults—The BEER-HIIT Study

“…Health Questionnaire, 63 Satisfaction with Life Scale 64 ; Subjective Happiness Scale, 65 Life Orientation Test Questionnaire, 66 Questionnaire of the Five Great Factors of the Personality, 67 Perceived Stress Scale, 68 and Beck Depression Inventory. 69,70 Mood State. Profile of Mood States Questionnaire, [71][72][73] Trait Meta-Mood Scale-24, 74 The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Questionnaire, 75 and Scale of Assessment of Mood.…”