Open AccessExploratory factor analytical study of depressive symptomatology: An Arab experience with a sample comprising college students, using the revised Beck Depression Inventory
Author(s) -
Fawziyah A. AlTurkait,
Jude U. Ohaeri
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.19
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , beck depression inventory , medicine , sample (material) , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , exploratory factor analysis , exploratory research , psychiatry , psychometrics , anxiety , social science , chemistry , chromatography , economics , macroeconomics , sociology
An understanding of the domains of depressive symptomatology could facilitate valid and interpretable comparisons across cultures. The objective of the present study was to assess the factor structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) in an Arab sample comprising college students, in comparison to the international data.