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A factor analysis of the beck depression inventory in a mildly depressed population
Author(s) -
Golin Sanford,
Hartz Mary A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197904)35:2<322::aid-jclp2270350221>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , varimax rotation , beck depression inventory , sadness , pessimism , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , population , psychiatry , anger , psychometrics , anxiety , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , philosophy , cronbach's alpha , environmental health , epistemology
Investigated a factor analysis of the responses of mildly depressed college students to the items of the Beck Depression Inventory ( N = 446). A varimax rotation of a principal‐axis factor analysis yielded only one well‐defined factor, “Hopelessness,” which was characterized by sadness, pessimism, dissatisfaction and suicidal thoughts. The depression syndrome for this mildly depressed group was unlike syndromes previously reported for a psychiatric population.