The Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition (BDI-II): Psychometric properties in Icelandic student and patient populations

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 360-365

  Arnarson, Pórdur Örn ^a   Ólason, Daníel Pór ^a   Smári, Jakob ^a   Sigurdsson, Jón Fridrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

BDI II; Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression; Patient population; Student population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COVARIANCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; STUDENT; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649145378     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801962681     Document Type: Article

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