Validity and reliability of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) in general and hospital population of Dominican Republic

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.

A High Polyphenol Diet Improves Psychological Well-Being: The Polyphenol Intervention Trial (PPhIT)

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Factor structure and gender invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory – second edition (BDI-II) in a community-dwelling sample of adults

“…We also analyzed the MI by gender of this model, which was non-invariant. Conventional bifactor models have been considered to have better factor structures in CFA investigations of the BDI-II compared to unidimensional, correlated factors or high order factors (Brouwer et al, 2013;Dere et al, 2015;García-Batista et al, 2018;Heinrich et al, 2018;Subica et al, 2014). We followed an innovative procedure proposed by (Eid et al, 2017) aiming to estimate more reliable parameters for the BDI-II bifactor structure.…”

“…e.g. (Brouwer et al, 2013;García-Batista et al, 2018;Osman et al, 2008;Quilty et al, 2010;Ward, 2006).…”

“…Because of its remarkable impact on health, valid and reliable psychometric More recently, bifactor measurement models have become a popular alternative for testing the structure of the BDI-II. Bifactor analysis tests the hypothesis of a general factor (G-factor) that explains most of the common variance extracted simultaneously from the items under an orthogonal design and its specific factors (García-Batista, Guerra-Peña, Cano-Vindel, Herrera-Martínez, & Medrano, 2018;Heinrich, Zagorscak, Eid, & Knaevelsrud, 2018). Most investigations perform bifactor analysis from two-and three-factor BDI-II models, which means the researchers only added a general factor to the n-factor model.…”

Medición de la comorbilidad depresiva en drogodependientes: Validez y eficacia diagnóstica del Inventario de Depresión de Beck (BDI-II) en dominicanos con múltiple consumo de sustancias

“…Es de destacar en este sentido que la subdimensión Afectiva del inventario no obtuvo una consistencia interna adecuada en la muestra objeto de estudio, lo cual puede estar sugiriendo una estructura factorial diferente en esta población clínica. Por lo cual, dados los resultados obtenidos en la validación dominicana del instrumento (García-Batista, et al, 2018), y la controversia aún vigente en cuanto a la consideración de subdimensiones en el BDI-II (Brouwer, Meijer, y Zevalkink, 2013;Heinrich, Zagorscak, y Knaevelsrud, 2018), se sugiere aplicar la medida global, de severidad depresiva.…”