Psychometric Properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a Clinically-Identified Sample of Mexican American Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	VanVoorhis, Carmen R. Wilson; Blumentritt, Tracie L.
Titel	Psychometric Properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a Clinically-Identified Sample of Mexican American Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16 (2007) 6, S.789-798 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-1024
DOI	10.1007/s10826-006-9125-y
Schlagwörter	Mexican Americans; Validity; Factor Structure; Psychopathology; Factor Analysis; Psychometrics; Hispanic Americans; Youth; Depression (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Adolescents; Affective Behavior; Symptoms (Individual Disorders) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hispanoamerikaner; Gültigkeit; Faktorenstruktur; Psychopathologie; Faktorenanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Hispanic; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Messdaten; Reliabilität; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	We examined the internal consistency reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) in a sample of 131 Mexican American youth. The BDI-II demonstrated excellent internal consistency reliability (alpha = 0.90) and solid convergent and divergent validity with various clinical scales of the Adolescent Psychopathology Scale. Two factors, Cognitive-Somatic and Affective, emerged from an exploratory factor analysis and suggested that depressive symptomology may manifest somewhat differently in Mexican American youth. In sum, results provide tentative support for the use of the BDI-II as a measure of depression for this sample. (As Provided).
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