On the Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory

Richter, Paul; Werner, Joachim; Heerlein, Andrés; Kraus, Alfred; Sauer, Heinrich

doi:10.1159/000066239

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On the Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory

Richter, Paul, Werner, Joachim, Heerlein, Andrés, Kraus, Alfred, Sauer, Heinrich·1998·Psychopathology

DOI 10.1159/000066239

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The present review discusses validity aspects of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) on the basis of meta-analyses of studies on the psychometric properties. Shortcomings of the BDI are its high item difficulty, lack of representative norms, and thus doubtful objectivity of interpretation, controversial factorial validity, instability of scores over short time intervals (over the course of 1 day), and poor discriminant validity against anxiety. Advantages of the inventory are its high internal consistency, high content validity, validity in differentiating between depressed and nondepressed subjects, sensitivity to change, and international propagation. The present paper outlines agreements and contradictions between the various studies on the BDI and discusses the potential factors (composition of the subject sample, statistical procedures, point in time of measurement) accounting for the variance in their results.

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Authors: Richter, P., Werner, J., Heerlein, A., Kraus, A., & Sauer, H.
Affiliations: Heidelberg University (DE)
Universidad de Santiago de Chile (CL)
Friedrich Schiller University Jena (DE)
ORCID: Sauer, Heinrich
Venue: Psychopathology
Publisher: S. Karger AG
Published: 1998
Volume: 31
Issue: 3
Pages: 160-168
ISSN: 0254-4962 (ISSN-L)
1423-033X
DOI: 10.1159/000066239
OpenAlex: W2058051739
Cited by: 1,113
References: 54
Citations by year: 2026: 47 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 58 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 66 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 48 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 58 · 2012: 50
FWCI: 12.60
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses (vor)
www.karger.com/Services/SiteLicenses (tdm)
Locations: Psychopathology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
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, depression assessment, psychometric validity, self-report questionnaire, factorial validity, discriminant validity, internal consistency, content validity, sensitivity to change, anxiety, item difficulty, norms
MeSH terms: Depressive Disorder, Humans, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Sensitivity and Specificity, Meta-Analysis as Topic

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