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Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II: a comprehensive review

Yuan-Pang Wang, +1 more
- 01 Oct 2013 - 
- Vol. 35, Iss: 4, pp 416-431
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The BDI-II is a relevant psychometric instrument, showing high reliability, capacity to discriminate between depressed and non-depressed subjects, and improved concurrent, content, and structural validity.
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This article is published in Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 906 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Beck Depression Inventory & Test validity.

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