TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in low-income, African American suicide attempters
JO  - Journal of personality assessment
A1  - Joe, Sean
A1  - Woolley, Michael E.
A1  - Brown, Gregory K.
A1  - Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Marjan
A1  - Beck, Aaron T.
SP  - 521
EP  - 523
VL  - 90
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00223890802248919
ID  - ref1
ER  -