Modifying the Beck Depression Inventory: A Rejoinder to Steer and Beck Journal Articles

abstract

• Regarding our recent paper in this journal, Steer and Beck agree that it is inadvisable to use the short version of the Beck Depression Inventory as a substitute for the standard version. They take issue, however, with our recommendations for making the standard scale more compatible with DSM-III and Research Diagnostic Criteria. The present paper provides further clarification and justification for these proposed modifications.

authors

• Vredenburg, Karel
• Krames, Lester
• Flett, Gordon L

status

• published 

publication date

• December 1985

has subject area

• 1701 Psychology (FoR)
• 1702 Cognitive Sciences (FoR)
• Depressive Disorder (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Personality Inventory (MeSH)
• Psychometrics (MeSH)
• Social Psychology (Science Metrix)

published in

• Psychological Reports  Journal

keywords

• Depressive Disorder
• Humans
• Personality Inventory
• Psychometrics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2466/pr0.1985.57.3.903

PubMed ID

• 4080919

start page

• 903

end page

• 906

volume

• 57

issue

• 3