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To provide information on the use of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) with adolescents, the BDI-II was administered to 105 male and 105 female outpatients between 12 and 18 years old who were seeking psychiatric treatment. The internal consistency of the BDI-II was high (coefficient α = .92). The mean BDI-II total score of the girls was approximately 5 points higher than that of the boys (p < .001), and age (years) was positively correlated with the BDI-II total scores (r = .18, p < .01). An iterated principal-factor analysis identified three factors, but only the Cognitive and Somatic-Affective factors were generalizable.
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Steer, R.A., Kumar, G., Ranieri, W.F. et al. Use of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with Adolescent Psychiatric Outpatients. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 20, 127–137 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023091529735
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