AN INVENTORY FOR MEASURING DEPRESSION
AN INVENTORY FOR MEASURING DEPRESSION
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DOI：
10.1001/archpsyc.1961.01710120031004
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发表时间：
1961-01-01
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通讯作者：
MENDELSOHN, M
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作者：
BECK, AT;ERBAUGH, J;MENDELSOHN, M
本研究描述了一个清单，已开发的抑郁症的强度提供了一个定量评估。该工具由一名访谈者随机抽取226名门诊和住院精神病患者。为了重复的目的，对183个病例的第二个样本进行了相同的程序。抑郁深度的独立临床评级由经验丰富的精神科医生进行。对该仪器内部一致性和稳定性的研究表明其具有高度的可靠性。量表评分与诊断医师的临床判断之间的比较显示了高度的有效性。该清单能够有效地区分不同程度的抑郁症患者群体。它还能够反映一段时间后抑郁程度的变化。鉴于这些属性的可靠性和有效性，这个工具是一个有用的工具，抑郁症的研究，并作为一个步骤，在定量的基础上，把精神病诊断的方向。
The present study describes an inventory which has been developed to provide a quantitative assessment of the intensity of depression. This instrument was administered by an interviewer to a random sample of 226 clinic and hospitalized psychiatric patients. For purposes of replication, a second sample of 183 cases was subjected to the same procedure. Independent clinical ratings of the Depth of Depression were made by experienced psychiatrists. Studies of the internal consistency and stability of the instrument indicate a high degree of reliability. Comparisons between the scores on the inventory and the clinical judgments by the diagnosticians indicate a high degree of validity. The inventory was able to discriminate effectively among groups of patients with varying degrees of depression. It also was able to reflect changes in the intensity of depression after an interval of time. In view of these attributes of reliability and validity, this instrument is presented as a useful tool for research study of depression, and as a step in the direction of placing psychiatric diagnosis on a quantitative basis.