Journal article
The stability of depressive symptoms in college students: An empirical demonstration of regression to the mean
Abstract
In a recent paper, Vredenburg, Flett, and Krames (1993) hypothesized that the apparent instability of depressive symptom scores in college students may be due, in part, to the phenomenon known as statistical regression to the mean. This statistical principle was demonstrated in the current study. A sample of 183 university students completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) at two timepoints separated by a 3-month interval. Consistent with …
Authors
Flett GL; Vredenburg K; Krames L
Journal
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 403–408
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 1995
DOI
10.1007/bf02229059
ISSN
0882-2689