Validating the Beck Depression Inventory-II for Hong Kong community adolescents

Validating the Beck Depression Inventory-II for Hong Kong community adolescents

• Byrne, Barbara M. School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
• Stewart, Sunita M. University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
• Lee, Peter W. H. Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong

International Journal of Testing, 4(3), 199-216, 2004

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

2004

• B Human Behaviour
  • BD Mental Health
• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
  • LB Attitude & Interest Tests

Foreign Countries Adolescents Structural Equation Models Reliability Factor Analysis Depression (Psychology) Factor Structure Measures (Individuals)

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

The primary purpose of this study was to test for the validity of a Chinese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (C-BDI-II) for use with Hong Kong community (i.e., nonclinical) adolescents. Based on a randomized triadic split of the data (N = 1460), we conducted exploratory factor analysis on Group1 (n = 486) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) within the framework of structural equation modeling on Groups 2 (n = 487) and 3 (n = 487); the second CFA served as a cross-validation of the determined factor structure. Factor analytic results, based on a 4-factor structure that comprised 1 2nd-order general factor of Depression and 3 1st-order factors representing Negative Attitude, Performance Difficulty, and Somatic Elements, replicated those reported previously for Canadian (Byrne&Baron, 1993), Swedish (Byrne, Baron, Larsson,&Melin, 1995), and Bulgarian (Byrne, Baron,&Balev, 1998) nonclinical adolescents. Based on this cross-validated factor structure, findings related to internal consistency reliability, stability over a 6-month time lag, and relations with relevant external criteria provided strong support for the valid use of the C-BDI-II in measuring depressive symptoms for Hong Kong community adolescents.
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• 15305058

• 10.1207/s15327574ijt0403_1

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2010-09-27