CONCURRENT VALIDITY OF THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY AS A MEASURE OF DEPRESSION

Authors
ROBINSON BE KELLEY L
Citation
Be. Robinson et L. Kelley, CONCURRENT VALIDITY OF THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY AS A MEASURE OF DEPRESSION, Psychological reports, 79(3), 1996, pp. 929-930
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
79
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Part
1
Pages
929 - 930
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1996)79:3<929:CVOTBD>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The Beck Depression Inventory was administered, along with measures of anxiety, locus of control, and self-concept, to 211 undergraduates al a major southern institution to rest for concurrent validity. Correla tions of scores on Beck's scale with other scores provide additional s upport for Beck's scale as a valid measure of depression.