Beck Depression Inventory

Description of test. Items and scoring: The BDI-II is a self- report analysis of depressive symptoms. It is not designed to be used for the actual diagnosis of depression (Sundberg, 1987). The wording of the BDI-II is clear and concise. The test contains 21 items, most of which assess depressive symptoms on a Likert scale of 0-3. The two exceptions to this are questions 16 and 18. Question 16 addresses changes in sleeping pattern, while question 18 addresses changes in appetite. The scale in these two items consist of 0, I a, lb, 2a, 2b, 3a, & 3c. People are asked to report feelings consistent with their own over the past 2 weeks instead of I week, as in the BDI and BDI-IA. The reason for this is to be consistent with the DSM-IV criteria for depression. There were also two items added to indicate any directional changes in eating and sleeping patterns. All forms of the inventory are written at the 5th grade reading level (Conoley, 1987). Clinical interpretation of scores is accomplished through criterion-referenced procedures utilizing the following interpretive ranges: 0-13 - minimal depression; 14-19 - mild depression; 20-28 -moderate depression; and 29-63 - severe depression (Beck et al., 1996).

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