Becks Depression Inventory BDIII Haley Courtney Annie Christina

Beck’s Depression Inventory BDI-II Haley, Courtney, Annie, & Christina Rubric Option 3

Beck’s Depression Inventory • Original BDI 1961 • Revised 1978 BDI 1 -A •

Age Group and Subject Areas • Have at least a 5 th-6 th grade reading level. • Age 13 -80 • Those who are showing symptoms of depression. • It is used to track symptoms and is a gauge to understand the severity of symptoms

How does this align with our needs – in our professional practice • We would use this to decide if a student needs referred to a licensed mental health professional (school psychologist) • We would not use this to diagnose, instead use it to determine the severity of the situation • *This addresses 3 and 5 on rubric

The Test • Measures the characteristic attitudes and symptoms of depression • 21 Questions ranking the degree of the symptoms from 0 -3 • Each question has four statements that get more severe about a symptom of depression • These align with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- Fourth Edition

Sample Question • Question 1 • • 0 - I don’t get more tired than usual. 1 - I get tired more easily than I used to. 2 - I get tired from doing almost anything. 3 - I am too tired to do anything.

Scoring • 1 -10__________These ups and downs are considered normal • 11 -16__________ Mild mood disturbance • 17 -20__________Borderline clinical depression • 21 -30__________Moderate depression • 31 -40__________Severe depression • over 40_________Extreme depression

Establish Validity • Construct Validity • Convergent validity between BDI-1 A and BDI-II • Correlation = 0. 93 • Content Validity • Aligned with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -4 th edition • Concurrent Validity • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Zung Self. Rating Depression Scale (SDS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and more

Reliability • 1 week test-retest reliability • Outpatients (n=500) correlation coefficient = 0. 92 • College students (n=120) correlation coefficient =0. 93 • Internal Consistency between White and Mexican-American participants = 0. 80

Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths • Reliable across ethnic groups • Use it again later to track symptoms • Positively correlated with other psychological test. • Concise and user friendly Weaknesses • May over-identify women and under-identify men • Easy to fake – intention of questions are obvious • Not enough discrepancy between options (0 & 1) • Doesn’t take into account major life events • Sampling • Aligns with DSM IV instead of DSM V

Interpretation

Summary • We realized that it is important to look at this assessment and any assessment from diverse perspectives. • Not good to use as a suicide screening tool • The results should not be scored by the testtaker unless resources are provided

References • Beck, A. T. , Steer, R. A. , & Brown, G. K. (1996) Beck depression inventory – II. Retrieved from http: //www. pearsonclinical. com/psychology/products/100000159/beck-depression -inventoryii-bdi-ii. html? Pid=015 -8018 -370&Mode=summary • Beck, A. T. , Steer, R. A. , & Brown, G. K. (1961). Beck depression inventory--II. • Medical University of South Carolina. (2012). Beck Depression Inventory. Retrieved from http: //academicdepartments. musc. edu/family_medicine/rcmar/beck. htm • Smith, C. , Erford, B. T. , (2001). Test review: beck depression inventory – II. Retrieved from http: //aac. ncat. edu/newsnotes/y 98 fall. html • Wang, Y. P. , & Gorenstein, C. (2013). Psychometric properties of the beck depression inventory-II: A comprehensive review. Revista Brasiliera de Psiquiatria, 35(4). Retrieved from http: //www. scielo. br/scielo. php? pid=S 1516 -44462013000400416&script=sci_arttext