50 YEARS OF THE BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING THE SPANISH ADAPTATION OF THE BDI-II IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
The first Spanish adaptation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-I) was published in 2011, which happened to be the 50th anniversary of the publication of its first edition. In this time, the BDI has become the most widely-used self-report questionnaire in Spain and in the world for evaluatin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Spanish Psychological Association (Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos)
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Papeles del Psicólogo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.papelesdelpsicologo.es/english/2275.pdf |
| Summary: | The first Spanish adaptation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-I) was published in 2011, which happened to be the 50th
anniversary of the publication of its first edition. In this time, the BDI has become the most widely-used self-report questionnaire
in Spain and in the world for evaluating the severity of depression. In this study, the basic characteristics of the BDI-II are
presented and compared with its earlier versions (BDI-I and BDI-IA), the process of its adaptation to the Spanish population is
described, the psychometric properties of this adaptation are summarized and its use in clinical practice is discussed.
Concerning this use, guidelines and cut-off scores are proposed for measuring the severity of depression, evaluating the clinical
significance of therapeutic change, screening for depression and assisting in the differential diagnosis of depressive disorders. |
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| ISSN: | 0214-7823 1886-1415 |