Psychometric characteristics of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with college students of diverse ethnicity

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Carmody, Dennis P ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Depression; Major Depression Inventory; Psychometrics; Screening Instrument

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOMATIZATION;

EID: 14944377772     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500510014800     Document Type: Article

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