Beck’s Depression Inventory BDI-II Haley, Courtney, Annie, & Christina Rubric Option 3

Beck’s Depression Inventory Original BDI 1961 Revised 1978 BDI 1-A BDI-II Copyright 1996 Pearson

Age Group and Subject Areas Have at least a 5th-6th grade reading level. Age 13-80 Those who are showing symptoms of depression. It is used to track symptoms and is a gauge to understand the severity of symptoms

How does this align with our needs – in our professional practice We would use this to decide if a student needs referred to a licensed mental health professional (school psychologist) We would not use this to diagnose, instead use it to determine the severity of the situation *This addresses 3 and 5 on rubric

The Test Measures the characteristic attitudes and symptoms of depression 21 Questions ranking the degree of the symptoms from 0-3 Each question has four statements that get more severe about a symptom of depression These align with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fourth Edition

Sample Question Question 1 0 - I don’t get more tired than usual. 1- I get tired more easily than I used to. 2- I get tired from doing almost anything. 3- I am too tired to do anything.

Scoring 1-10____________________These ups and downs are considered normal 11-16___________________ Mild mood disturbance 17-20___________________Borderline clinical depression 21-30___________________Moderate depression 31-40___________________Severe depression over 40__________________Extreme depression

Establish Validity Construct Validity Content Validity Convergent validity between BDI-1A and BDI-II Correlation = 0.93 Content Validity Aligned with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -4th edition Concurrent Validity Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Zung Self- Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and more

Reliability 1 week test-retest reliability Outpatients (n=500) correlation coefficient = 0.92 College students (n=120) correlation coefficient =0.93 Internal Consistency between White and Mexican-American participants = 0.80

Strengths and Weaknesses Reliable across ethnic groups Use it again later to track symptoms Positively correlated with other psychological test. Concise and user friendly May over-identify women and under-identify men Easy to fake – intention of questions are obvious Not enough discrepancy between options (0 & 1) Doesn’t take into account major life events Sampling Aligns with DSM IV instead of DSM V

Interpretation

Interpretation

Summary We realized that it is important to look at this assessment and any assessment from diverse perspectives. Not good to use as a suicide screening tool The results should not be scored by the test- taker unless resources are provided

References Beck, A.T., Steer, R.A., & Brown, G.K. (1996) Beck depression inventory – II. Retrieved from http://www.pearsonclinical.com/psychology/products/100000159/beck- depression-inventoryii-bdi-ii.html?Pid=015-8018-370&Mode=summary Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., & Brown, G. K. (1961). Beck depression inventory--II. Medical University of South Carolina. (2012). Beck Depression Inventory. Retrieved from http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/family_medicine/rcmar/beck.htm Smith, C., Erford, B.T., (2001). Test review: beck depression inventory – II. Retrieved from http://aac.ncat.edu/newsnotes/y98fall.html Wang, Y.P., & Gorenstein, C. (2013). Psychometric properties of the beck depression inventory-II: A comprehensive review. Revista Brasiliera de Psiquiatria, 35(4). Retrieved from http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1516- 44462013000400416&script=sci_arttext