Considerations with the Use of the BDI-II
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What is the usefulness and limitations of the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II)? To whom would it be appropriate to administer this test and what changes could potentially be made to make this assessment more appropriate to use with a wider population?
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Strengths and limitations of the BDI-II are discussed, as well as possibilities for adjusting it for usefulness with a wider population. References are provided to aid in the understanding.
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Although it is a depression inventory, the BDI-II has a tendency to over-predict episodes of major depression, so caution should be used when using only this test to make that diagnosis (Beck, Steer, & Brown, 1996). This test has been greatly improved upon over the years, and is considered much more reliable than its predecessors the BDI and the BDI-IA (Beck, et. al, 1996), but the test is still not free of all flaws, and may still not be perfectly free of all racial and gender bias.
Another weakness is that it is a self-report measurement tool (Beck, et. al, 1996). ...
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