CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY OF THE ARABIC CHILDRENS DEPRESSION INVENTORY

Authors
ABDELKHALEK AM
Citation
Am. Abdelkhalek, CRITERION-RELATED VALIDITY OF THE ARABIC CHILDRENS DEPRESSION INVENTORY, Psychological reports, 82(3), 1998, pp. 930-930
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
82
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
930 - 930
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1998)82:3<930:CVOTAC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The Arabic Children's Depression Inventory and the Beck Depression Inv entory were administered to 109 Kuwaiti school students whose ages ran ged from 14 to 18 years. Pearson correlations for total score on the t wo scales were .57, .83, and .75 for boys, girls, and the combined gro up, respectively, denoting the convergent validity of the new Arabic i nventory against the Beck Depression Inventory as criterion.