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A factorial analysis of BDI scores
Author(s) -
Campbell Ian M.,
Burgess Philip M.,
Finch Susan J.
Publication year - 1984
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(198407)40:4<992::aid-jclp2270400420>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - psychology , sadness , clinical psychology , factorial analysis , factorial , sample (material) , psychometrics , developmental psychology , statistics , anger , mathematical analysis , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography
Undertook a factorial analysis of the BDI on a sample of 214 male cardiac outpatients. The factor structure yielded three psychologically distinct dimensions interpreted as negative self‐attitudes, physiological symptoms and sadness. The sample was divided into depressed and nondepressed subgroups in order to investigate whether the BDI factor structure is dependent on the range of BDI scores selected. While the first two factors from the nondepressed group's scores mimicked those for the full sample, in general the subgroups' factor structures provided no clear interpretation.