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1Department of Counseling, Special Education, and Child Development, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 28223, USA.
Abstract:
The Beck Depression Inventory was administered, along with measures of anxiety, locus of control, and self-concept, to 211 undergraduates at a major southern institution to test for concurrent validity. Correlations of scores on Beck's scale with other scores provide additional support for Beck's scale as a valid measure of depression.
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