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Meta-Analysis of the Factor Structures of the Beck Depression Inventory-II
Chiungjung Huang1, Jyun-Hong Chen2
1National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan cjhuang@cc.ncue.edu.tw.
Abstract:
Two meta-analyses examined the factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II). Study 1, which meta-analyzed 51 studies comprising 62 samples (N = 20,475) providing pattern matrices, determined that the two-factor solution comprising Cognitive and Somatic-Affective factors was supported for the full sample. The two-factor solution was also supported for subgroups of studies. As the factor structure varied somewhat between subgroups of studies, the strength of relationships between scale items and their underlying depressive symptoms varied. Hence, comparisons of mean BDI-II scores across subgroups can be misleading. Study 2 meta-analyzed 13 studies consisting of 16 samples (N = 5,128) providing covariance matrices among the 21 BDI-II items. The two-factor solution was again supported in Study 2. Nevertheless, the existence of a general depression factor was supported by the good fit of the one-factor model.
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