Examining Scale Discriminability in the BDI and CES-D as a Function of Depressive Severity.

Santor, Darcy A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ509320

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Publication Date: 1995

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Examining Scale Discriminability in the BDI and CES-D as a Function of Depressive Severity.

Santor, Darcy A.; And Others

Psychological Assessment, v7 n2 p131-39 Jun 1995

Scale discriminability was examined in the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) with 151 college students and 60 depressed outpatients. The superior scale discriminability of the CES-D offers one explanation for its poorer specificity in college samples. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Students, Depression (Psychology), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Patients, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Test Use

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Beck Depression Inventory; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

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