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Reliabilität und Validität des revidierten Beck-Depressionsinventars (BDI-II): Befunde aus deutschsprachigen Stichproben
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Background The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) underwent revision in 1996 (BDI-II) with the goal of addressing DSM-IV depression criteria. The present study assessed psychometric properties of the German version of the BDI-II.Patients and methods The BDI-II was translated into German and evaluated in a series of studies with clinical and nonclinical samples.Results The content validity of the BDI-II has improved by following DSM-IV symptom criteria. Internal consistency was satisfactorily high (alpha>or=0.84), and retest reliability exceeded r>or=0.75 in nonclinical samples. Associations with construct-related scales (depression, dysfunctional cognitive constructs) were high, while those with nonsymptomatic personality assessment (NEO-FFI) were lower. The BDI-II differentiated well between different grades of depression and was sensitive to change.Conclusion The German BDI-II demonstrates good reliability and validity in clinical and nonclinical samples. It may now replace the older version of the BDI for assessing self-rated severity of depression and course of depressed symptoms under treatment.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kühner, C., Bürger, C., Keller, F., & Hautzinger, M.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital Ulm (DE)
- Central Institute of Mental Health (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Kühner, C.
- Venue
- Der Nervenarzt
- Published
- 2007-06
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 651-656
- ISSN
- 0028-2804 (ISSN-L)
- 1433-0407
- OpenAlex
- W1606961096
- Cited by
- 935
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- FWCI
- 4.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- de
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Der Nervenarzt (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- Beck Depression Inventory-II, depression assessment, German translation, psychometric properties, content validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, construct validity, NEO-FFI
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Depressive Disorder, Female, Germany, Hospitals, Psychiatric, Humans, Language, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Translating, Reproducibility of Results
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