@article{ref1,
title="Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in low-income, African American suicide attempters",
journal="Journal of personality assessment",
year="2008",
author="Joe, Sean and Woolley, Michael E. and Brown, Gregory K. and Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan and Beck, Aaron T.",
volume="90",
number="5",
pages="521-523",
abstract="Cross-cultural examinations of the validity and reliability of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steer, Ball,&Ranieri, 1996) is essential for its use in assessment and monitoring of the effectiveness of suicide interventions across racial groups. We tested the fit of a second-order, two-factor model and the internal reliability of the BDI-II in a sample of 133 African Americans with a recent history of suicide attempts. Additionally, we examined the convergent validity with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Reynolds&Koback, 1995). The results indicate that the BDI-II is a reliable and valid measure of depressive symptoms for African American suicide attempters.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3891",
doi="10.1080/00223890802248919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223890802248919"
}