Beck Depression Inventory-IA (amended 1978).

BDI-IA

What it measures

Severity of depressive symptoms (past week); precursor to BDI-II

Length and format

21 items. 4-point graded statements (0-3), summed 0-63 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (the 1961/1978 BDI was translated globally before BDI-II); incl. ES, FR, DE, ZH, JA, NL

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

copyrighted - commercial

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Reference

Beck, A. T., Ward, C. H., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 4, 561-571.