Psychometric properties and correlates of the Beck Depression Inventory in a community-based and homeless or precariously housed sample

Background and Purpose: To examine the psychometric properties of a newly designed instrument: Witnessing of Disenfranchised Grief (WDG). Methods: The 22-item questionnaire was administered to a community-based sample of convenience (N= 201). Each subject reported having experienced a loss by death or miscarriage. There was no stipulation regarding the timing of the loss. Results: The tool was found to be one dimensional with factor loadings of 0.40–0.78, inter-item correlation ranging fromp< .01 top< .05, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.91. A loss that was viewed as witnessed resulted in decreased manifestation of some grief symptoms. Conclusions: The WDG is a measure of the degree to which one who grieves perceives their loss to be witnessed.

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Psychometric Properties and Cut-off Scores of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in Turkish Adolescents

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings ◽

10.1007/s10880-008-9122-y ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 225-233 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Runa I. Uslu ◽

Emine G. Kapci ◽

Bedriye Oncu ◽

Mert Ugurlu ◽

Hakan Turkcapar

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Beck Depression Inventory

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Psychometric Properties of the Child Behavior Checklist/2-3 in an Arab Population

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.100.3.771-776 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 100 (3) ◽

pp. 771-776 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Feisal Yunis ◽

Taoufik Zoubeidi ◽

Valsamma Eapen ◽

Saeed Yousef

Keyword(s):

Psychometric Properties ◽

Epidemiological Study ◽

Child Behavior ◽

United Arab Emirates ◽

Child Behavior Checklist ◽

Community Based ◽

Arab Population ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Arabic Translation ◽

Test Retest Reliability

Child Behavior Checklist 2–3 is a parents' report questionnaire whose psychometric properties are known in the Western setting, but no studies have investigated this in an Arabic culture. In this study, the psychometric properties of the Arabic translation were studied using a sample of 694 children age 3 yr., ascertained as part of a community-based epidemiological study in the United Arab Emirates. The item-total correlations for items were satisfactory, ranging from .16 to .58. Cronbach alpha values for reliability ranged from .70 to .88 for the subscales and .93 for the Total score. The test-retest reliability coefficient for the Total score was .83. The validity was also high as 94.1% of those who scored above the cut-off point were classified correctly by a blind clinical interview. The results suggest that Child Behavior Checklist 2–3 is a reliable and valid checklist for use in the Arabic culture.

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