A Short Version of the Beck Depression Inventory Without Omission of Clinical Indicators

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-240

  Abdel Khalek, Ahmed M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Beck Depression Inventory; Likert format; Short form

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035617835     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027//1015-5759.17.3.233     Document Type: Article

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