Beck depression inventory II: Evaluation of the psychometric properties and cut-off points in a Turkish adult population

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kapci, Emine Gul ^a   Uslu, R ^a   Turkcapar, H ^b   Karaoglan, A ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Beck depression inventory II; Cut off scores; Psychometric study; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549105762     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20371     Document Type: Article

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