Measuring the effects of demand characteristics on the Beck Depression Inventory responses of college students

Kornblith, Sander J.; Greenwald, Deborah F.; Michelson, Larry; Kazdin, Alan E.

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“…Subsequent research by the author himself (e.g., Beck & Beamesderfer, 1974;Steer, Beck, Riskind, & Brown, 1986), as well as by others (Gotlib, 1984;Hill et al, 1986;Kornblith, Greenwald, Michelson, & Kazdin, 1984), has provided conflicting information on both of these claims. In spite of the contradictory findings about the value of the BDI as a measure of clinical depression, the instrument has been accepted widely as a criterion measure not only in the United States, but in a number of translations throughout the world (Steer, Beck, & Garrison, 1986).…”

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What does the beck depression inventory measure in college students?: Evidence from a non-western culture

Tashakkori¹,

Barefoot

Mehryar

1989

J. Clin. Psychol.

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This investigation of the factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was designed to assess Gotlib's (1984) claim that the BDI is more a measure of general psychopathology than a specific measure of depression when administered to student samples. The data were collected from Iranian students and provide further information about the performance of the BDI in a non‐Western culture. Principal components analysis of the responses to items 1‐20 of the BDI (N= 405) revealed five factors with different degrees of similarity to findings of Hill, Kemp‐Wheeler, and Jones (1986). Within subsamples, the factor scores were predicted in multiple regression analysis from Eysenck Personality Inventory subscales (N, P, E, L), James' I‐E scale, and two measures of self‐esteem. Results indicated that the five factors had distinctly different relationships to the other personality scales. The most general factor seemed to be a measure of helplessness and self‐devaluation. These results confirm the usefulness of the BDI as a measure of depression in college student populations, even in non‐Western cultures.

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What does the beck depression inventory measure in college students?: Evidence from a non-western culture

Tashakkori¹,

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Mehryar

1989

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Physiological and Behavioral Assessment

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Brodbeck

Clark

1992

Research in Psychiatry

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Procedures for Adjusting Self-Reports of Violence for Social Desirability Bias

Saunders

1991

J Interpers Violence

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Clinicians and researchers frequently rely on self-reports of interpersonal violence. These reports are likely to be biased because of respondents' inclination to give socially desirable answers. This article describes methods for adjusting measures of violence and its correlates to take such response bias into account. Several studies are used to illustrate the application of an adjustment procedure to research and clinical assessment.

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Measuring the effects of demand characteristics on the Beck Depression Inventory responses of college students

Abstract: To determine whether Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) responses

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What does the beck depression inventory measure in college students?: Evidence from a non-western culture

What does the beck depression inventory measure in college students?: Evidence from a non-western culture

Physiological and Behavioral Assessment

Procedures for Adjusting Self-Reports of Violence for Social Desirability Bias

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