TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Measurement invariance of the Beck  Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) across gender, race, and ethnicity in college students
JO  - Assessment
A1  - Whisman, Mark A.
A1  - Judd, Charles M.
A1  - Whiteford, Natalie T.
A1  - Gelhorn, Heather L.
SP  - 419
EP  - 428
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
N2  - Measurement invariance of the Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition (BDI-II) across gender, race, and ethnic groups was evaluated in a large sample of college students, using pooled data from 11 universities from diverse geographical regions in the United States (N = 7,369). Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the fit of several possible factor structures, and the results from these analyses indicated that the BDI-II was most adequately represented by a hierarchical four-factor structure, composed of three first-order factors and one second-order factor. Results based on analyses of covariance structures indicated there was factorial invariance for this hierarchical four-factor structure across groups, suggesting that the BDI-II provides an assessment of severity of depressive symptoms that is equivalent across gender, race, and ethnicity in college students.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1073-1911
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073191112460273
ID  - ref1
ER  -