Objective: To review the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)
as a self-report measure of depression in a variety of settings and populations. Methods …

Background The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; Radloff, 1977)
is a commonly used freely available self-report measure of depressive symptoms. Despite its …

Bifactor Model as a Structure of Psychopathology 185 data but also capturing unwanted
noise. Bonifay and Cai (under review) demonstrated that the bifactor model has a high …

Bifactor latent structures were introduced over 70 years ago, but only recently has bifactor
modeling been rediscovered as an effective approach to modeling construct-relevant …

The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is currently one of the most widely used measures
in both research and clinical practice for assessing depression. Although the psychometric …

Confirmatory factor analytic studies of psychological measures showing item responses to
be multidimensional do not provide sufficient guidance for applied work. Demonstrating that …

BackgroundThe Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd edition (BDI-II) is widely used in research
on depression. However, the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is unknown …

We advanced several “riskier tests” of the validity of bifactor models of psychopathology,
which included that the general and specific psychopathology factors should be reliable and …

Self-compassion, or the ability to kindly accept oneself while suffering, is a topic of significant
and growing scientific interest. Past research has shown, for example, that self-compassion …

Previous research has shown that both depression and social anxiety—2 facets of
internalizing psychopathology—are characterized by low levels of extraversion/positive …