Measurement Invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) Across Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in College Students

Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 419-428

  Whisman, Mark A ^a   Judd, Charles M ^a   Whiteford, Natalie T ^a   Gelhorn, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; depression; equivalence; factor; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BIAS; CAUCASIAN; DEPRESSION; EQUIVALENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

BIAS; DEPRESSION; EQUIVALENCE; FACTOR; MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880632307     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112460273     Document Type: Article

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