Psychological Reports · 2003 · 15 citations · 5 references
Social SciencesBehavioral SciencesPsychologyIndividual DifferencesPsychometricsPsychophysiologyDepressionDepression AssessmentDepressive DisordersFactor AnalysisMental HealthPsychological TestingDepression Severity ScalesDepression SymptomatologyDepressive Symptom AssessmentDiagnostic Assessment Of DepressionInternal Consistency ReliabilityPrincipal ComponentsSelf-report Depression Scales
Factor analysis was performed on the Beck Depression Inventory with a university sample to examine its potential multidimensionality. A principal components analysis with an oblimin and varimax rotation produced a two-factor solution. These factors were labeled Cognitive-Affective and Physiological and accounted for approximately 39% of the common variance. This finding is consistent with multidimensionality of the inventory and with a similar study of college students. The commonalities of the two studies suggest the reliability (internal consistency) of the Cognitive-Affective and Physiological constructs among "minimally" depressed university samples.
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