The beck depression inventory bdi is a 21item selfreporting questionnaire for evaluating the severity of depression in normal and psychiatric populations. Children completed the selfreport version of the childrens depression inventory cdi. A twentyone question survey completed by a patient, with each answer scored on a scale of 0 to 3, designed to measure presence of depression. This questionnaire consists of 21 groups of statements. Age range 7 to17 years administration time 515 minutes administration type parentcompleted teachercompleted youthcompleted qualification level b description the cdi 2 is a revision of the childrens. Efficient and reliable questionnaires are needed to evaluate and monitor the efficacy of depression treatments in this population. The beck depression inventory bdi, bdi1a, bdiii, created by aaron t. Childrens depression inventory cdi the cdi is comprised of 27 items assessing selfreported symptoms of depression in children and adolescents 717 years of age.
The scale emerged from a longer inventory of 37 items that had been described in the literature as. The psychometrics of the childrens depression inventory. The use of major depression inventory mdi in measuring. The major depression inventory mdi is a selfreport mood questionnaire developed by the world health organization. Sensitivity and specificity of the major depression. The cdi 2 is a revision of the childrens depression inventory cdi. Kovacs has an international reputation for her contributions to the understanding of depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence.
Beck, is a 21question multiplechoice selfreport inventory, one of the most widely used psychometric tests for. It can be used in both educational and clinical settings to. The most frequently used selfreports include the, and 21 item version of the beck depression inventory bdi beck et al. The beck depression inventory bdi is widely used to screen for depression and to measure behavioral manifestations and severity of depression. First, the internal structure of the child depression inventory cdi, with 216 children representing. Depression assessment instruments american psychological. The childrens depression inventory is a widely researched and clinically useful measurement tool. The childrens depression inventory 2nd edition cdi 2 is a complete revision of the childrens depression inventory cdi. The childrens depression inventory and classification of. The relationship of young adolescents scores on the childrens depression inventory cdi to subjective and objective indices of their social and cognitive functioning was examined. An analysis of beck depression inventory 2nd edition bdiii. Schools, child guidance clinics, pediatric practices, and child psychiatric settings are common users of this instrument.
While the scale has exhibited reliability and validity with. Even when using the cutoff points recommended by the author of the instrument, the sensitivity and specificity scores to identify a disorder differ from one. The childrens depression inventory cdi can be used to screen for childhood depression in children ages seven to sixteen. The childrens depression inventory cdi 1992 is selfreport instrument aimed at measuring depression in children and adolescents between the ages of 8 and 17 mental measurements. The major depression inventory is a selfrating depression scale with 12 questions. An overview of childhood depression will be presented. Beck depression inventory occupational medicine oxford. Handscore, software, online the childrens depression inventory second edition cdi2 is a. The beck depression inventory bdi is widely used to screen for depression and to. Testing measurement invariance for the hierarchical factor model across children and adolescents in a clinicreferred sample abstract the childrens depression inventory is a selfreport scale for screening depressive disorders in children and adolescents. In the present report three separate studies of childhood depression were conducted. The inventory contains 21 selfreport items which individuals complete using multiple choice response formats.
An item assessing suicidal ideation was excluded in this study, yielding a 26item version, a. The relationship of young adolescent childrens depression. Becks depression inventory this depression inventory can be selfscored. The childrens depression inventory cdi is used to screen for depression in schoolage children. Cutoff scores of the childrens depression inventory for. The scoring scale is at the end of the questionnaire.
To measure symptoms of depressive disorders in children and adolescents. The major depression inventory mdi is a new, brief, selfreport measure for depression based on the dsmsystem, which allows clinicians to assess the presence of a. Review will be made of content, administration, scoring. Psychometric properties of the beck depression inventoryii. Scoring of the major depression inventory each item is scored on a likert scale from 0 to 5 for items 8 and 10, choose the subitem a or b with the highest score. The children depression inventory cdi and the beck depression. Sr is a 28item assessment that yields a total score, two scale scores, and four subscale scores.
The zung selfrating depression scale sds is a wellestablished selfreport screening measure of adult depression severity. The cdi 2 is comprised of several different protocol. Depression inventory mdi lcd 10 this preliminary screening test does not replace in any way a formal psychiatric or psychological evaluation. Scale development and key psychometric properties will be highlighted. The childrens depression inventory cdi and cdi2 is a psychological assessment that rates the severity of symptoms related to depression or dysthymic disorder in children and adolescents. Childrens depression inventory second edition cdi2. The 30 item inventory of depressive symptomatology ids rush et al. In general, psychiatric samples presented the highest mean scores, medical samples intermediate. The cesd pdf, 28kb is in the public domain and no permission is. However, criterion validity is reported in comparatively few studies. Pdf the childrens depression inventory in worldwide. The childrens depression inventory cdi is one of the most widely used instruments for assessing the presence and severity of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents age 717. Even though it has been criticized that the use of this scale in medically ill is challenging due to the somatic items included in the score, the bdi.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability. The instrument was constructed by a team led by professor per bech, a. The cdi 2 can be used to evaluate depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. The childrens depression inventory 2 cdi 2 is a comprehensive multirater assessment of depressive symptoms in youth aged 7 to 17 years. The questionnaire has previously been investigated in a danish population. An item assessing suicidal ideation was excluded in this study, yielding a. However, research on the cdi is limited by an overreliance on outpatient samples.
Depression selfrating scale for children instructions. Selfreport instruments for screening depression in children are often used in the area of research. The inventory to diagnose depression idd is a 22item selfreport scale designed to diagnose major depressive disorder mdd according to diagnostic and statistical manual of mental. The depression selfrating scale for children was developed in 1978 as part of a masters of philosophy thesis at the university of edinburgh. Factor structure of the childrens depression inventory in. The bdi takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. The depression selfrating scale for children was developed in 1978 as part of a masters of philosophy thesis at. Selfreport fulllength and short teacher parent the fulllength cdi 2. Psychometric properties of the short form of the children. Cinahl and pubmed searches on the reliability and validity for the beck depression inventory, 2nd edition bdi ii. Started in 1995, this collection now contains 6767 interlinked topic. Zung selfrating depression scale patients initials date of assessment please read each statement and decide how much of the time the statement describes how you have been. Such screening uses the manuals reported information on suggested cutoff scores.
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