Cross-Cultural Validation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II Across US and Turkish Samples

Canel-Cinarbas D., Cui Y., Lauridsen E.

MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT, cilt.44, sa.2, ss.77-91, 2011 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 44 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0748175611400289
  • Dergi Adı: MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.77-91
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Beck Depression Inventory, clinical assessment, factorial invariance, confirmatory factor analysis, culture, diversity issues, PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS, FIT INDEXES, HEALTH, SOMATIZATION, INVARIANCE, SCALE
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The purpose of this study was to test the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) for factorial invariance across Turkish and U.S. college student samples. The results indicated that (a) a two-factor model has an adequate fit for both samples, thus providing evidence of configural invariance, and (b) there is a metric invariance but no sufficient evidence of scalar invariance across the two groups of students. Testing for differential item functioning (DIF) was also conducted to further investigate the measurement variance of the BDI-II at the item level. Large DIF values were found for 12 items of the BDI-II.