Psychometric properties of the beck depression inventory-II with university students in Bahrain. |
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Authors: | N M Al-Musawi |
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Institution: | College of Education, University of Bahrain. suman@edu.uob.bh |
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Abstract: | The Arabic version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II; Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996) was administered to 200 students enrolled at the University of Bahrain. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic techniques, I obtained reasonable validity and reliability data for the BDI-II. Three oblique factors provided the most parsimonious and meaningful solution for students' responses. Findings of this study generally provide strong support for the psychometric soundness of the BDI-II as a measure of depression in college student populations even in Arabic culture, which differs dramatically from Western culture in both values and taboos. |
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