Validity and Reliability of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) in General and Hospital Population of Dominican Republic

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2018 Jun 30

PMID 29958268

Citations 67

Authors

Zoilo Emilio Garcia-Batista

Kiero Guerra-Pena

Antonio Cano-Vindel

Solmary Xiomara Herrera-Martinez

Leonardo Adrian Medrano

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Abstract

The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is currently one of the most widely used measures in both research and clinical practice for assessing depression. Although the psychometric properties of the scale have been well established through many studies worldwide, so far there is no study examining the validity and reliability of BDI-II in Republic Dominican. The purpose of the present study was twofold: (a) to examine the latent structure of BDI-II by testing several competing models proposed in the literature; and (b) to provide evidence of validity and reliability of the BDI-II in Republic Dominican. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated that a bifactor model with a general depression factor and three specific factors consisting of cognitive, affective and somatic showed the best fit to the data. Internal reliability was moderate to high for all subscales and for the total scale. Scores on BDI-II discriminated between clinical and general population, supporting for external validity. Practical implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are also made.

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