Reliability and validity of the beck anxiety inventory. Beck anxiety inventory, anxiety, reliability, validity, factor analysis anxiety is a widespread condition. Beck youth inventories of emotional and social impairment byi second edition for children and adolescents. Psychometric properties of the beck anxiety inventory in the. By taking and then periodically retaking the bdi, you can not only evaluate your depression.
The bai total score differentiated between the inpatient and high. An iterated principalfactor analysis was performed, and two factors were found representing subjective and somatic symptoms of. The mean bdi score for the sample was slightly higher than that obtained in general. It has been used in multiple studies, including in treatmentoutcome studies for individuals who have experienced traumas. In study 1 with 191 undergraduates, the bait correlated higher with another traitanxiety measure than with state anxiety and trait depressiveness and. This report compares the diagnostic validity of the full 16item instrument, brief versions of it, and the beck depression inventory bdi against the criteria for. The beck anxiety inventory bai is a widely used 21item selfreport inventory used to assess anxiety levels in adults and adolescents. Pdf factor structure, reliability, and validity of the beck. The childrens depression inventory is a modification of the beck depression inventory for adults. Further evidence for the validity of the beck anxiety inventory with psychiatric outpatients. The use of the beck depression inventory with adolescents. This study presents data on administration of the beck depression inventory bdi to an adolescent samplen 568. The bdi takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Beck anxiety inventory is a well accepted selfreport screening measure of the severity of anxiety in adults and adolescents for use in both clinical and research settings 1 and is validated in a number of languages, including german, french, chinese, spanish, persian, nepal, icelandic, and others 2.
May 29, 2007 abstract to investigate the dimensions of selfreported anxiety in adolescents, the beck anxiety inventory bai was administered to 108 inpatients between 12 and 17 years old who were diagnosed with mixed psychiatric disorders. Beck anxiety inventory the national child traumatic. The bdi assesses cognitive, behavioral, affective, and. The beck depression inventory bdi was published in 1996 and is a reliable selfreport inventory used to evaluate the symptoms of depression. Apr 26, 2012 adequate correlation between the dbi and the beck anxiety inventory r 0. Factor analysis and interitem and itemscale correlations of the bdi suggested that this questionnaire can be used with this population. Adolescent anxiety disorders, clinical tools, mental health professionals. Abstract to investigate the dimensions of selfreported anxiety in adolescents, the beck anxiety inventory bai was administered to 108 inpatients between 12 and 17 years old who were diagnosed with mixed psychiatric disorders. Although the bdi is not a diagnostic tool, its psychometric properties are similar to or better than other selfrating scales in adolescent samples e. Kutcher generalised social anxiety disorder scale for. Beck anxiety inventory the national child traumatic stress network. The beck depression inventory for youth bdiy the beck anxiety inventory for youth baiy the beck anger inventory for youth baniy the beck disruptive inventory for youth. The scoring scale is at the end of the questionnaire.
The patient was administered beck depression inventory bdi, beck anxiety inventory bai, rotter sentence completion test rsct, minnesota multiphasic personality inventory mmpi, and social problemsolving inventory revised spsir. Pdf reliability and validity of the beck anxiety inventory. The beck depression inventory for youth bdiy the beck anxiety inventory for youth baiy the beck anger inventory for youth baniy. Is the beck anxiety inventory a good tool to assess the. Assessment of its evaluative properties over the course of a 16week pediatric psychopharmacotherapy trial sarah j. Psychological assessment assessment instruments administered. Beck anxiety inventory bai is a brief, criteriareferenced assessment for measuring anxiety severity and level. Inventory raw score t score cumulative % severity level selfconcept bsciy 12 21 beck anxiety inventory bai is a widely used 21item selfreport inventory used to assess anxiety levels in adults and adolescents. It has previously demonstrated good construct validity and high internal consistency. The byi contains 5 inventories that can be used individually or in combination.
The beck anxiety inventory bai is a widely used 21item selfreport measure of anxiety beck et al. The questions used in this measure ask about common symptoms of anxiety that the subject has had during the past week including the. Validity of the beck depression inventory, hospital anxiety and depression scale, scl90, and hamilton depression rating scale as screening instruments for depression in stroke patients. Influence of parental divorce on anxiety level of adolescents. Items involving changes in body image, somatic preoccupation, and work difficulty were replaced. Beck and other colleagues, is a 21question multiplechoice selfreport inventory that is used for measuring the severity of anxiety in children and adults. Use of the beck anxiety inventory with adolescent psychiatric outpatients. The kutcher generalized social anxiety scale for adolescents is a clinicianrated scale designed to assess the severity of social phobia in adolescents. Use of the beck anxiety inventory with adolescent psychiatric.
The beck depression inventory bdi is widely used to screen for depression and to measure behavioral manifestations and severity of depression. The inventory contains 21 selfreport items which individuals complete using multiple choice response formats. The test anxiety inventory for children and adolescents taica is a new multidimensional measure used to assess test anxiety in elementary and secondary school students. According to a recent metaanalysis, the lifetime prevalence of total anxiety disorders was 16. Adolescent depression scale kads, designed specifically to diagnose and assess the severity of adolescent depression. Beck depression inventory bdi the beck depression inventory bdi is a self administered 21item self report scale, presented in multiple choice format, designed to detect presence of depression in adolescents and adults, and to measure. The kutcher generalized social anxiety disorder scale for adolescents. Beck anxiety inventory an overview sciencedirect topics. It assesses depression severity in children and adolescents 7 to 17 years old. Psychometric properties of the beck anxiety inventory in. Beck, md, and colleagues, is a 21item multiplechoice selfreport inventory that measures the severity of an anxiety in adults and adolescents. Respondents are asked to rate each item on a 4point scale ranging from 0 not at all to 3 severely, can barely stand it. The beck anxiety inventory was administered to 105 outpatients between and 17 years old who were diagnosed with various types of psychiatric disorders. The beck anxiety inventory is a well accepted selfreport measure of anxiety in.
It is a short inventory that can easily be administered in 10 to 15 minutes. Beck anxiety inventory bai below is a list of common symptoms of anxiety. A demographic questionnaire was created and the beck anxiety inventory was applied to measure anxiety. The beck anxiety inventory is a 21item multiplechoice selfreport. Pdf factor structure, reliability, and validity of the. The beck scales for adults and children listed below are not available from beck institute, but may be ordered, along with scoring and normative data, from pearson assessment, inc. The beck youth inventories byi 2001 is a selfreport multiassessment instrument. The beck anxiety inventory bai, created by aaron t. Kutcher generalized social anxiety scale for adolescents. This study investigated the psychometric properties of a new clinicianrated scale. The clinician should make anxiety reduction strategies the primary focus of treatment. The clinician should make anxietyreduction strategies the primary focus of treatment. Mehmet eskin, in problem solving therapy in the clinical practice, 20.
Two scales measure emotional problems and functional problems. We describe development of the beck anxiety inventorytrait bait, a measure of trait anxiety. Beck youth inventories byi counseling youth with depression. The items are easy to understand and rate, and the scoring procedure is very simple. Mar 30, 2019 the beck depression inventory bdi was published in 1996 and is a reliable selfreport inventory used to evaluate the symptoms of depression. Clinical utility of beck anxiety inventory in clinical and nonclinical. Factor structure of the beck anxiety inventory with. Beck, md, and colleagues, is a 21item multiplechoice selfreport inventory that measures the. Factor structure, reliability, and validity of the beck anxiety inventory in adolescent psychiatric inpatients.
However, the clinician might also examine the patient for depression using the beck depression inventory ii or other appropriate assessment procedure, because of the high rate of comorbidity between anxiety and depression. Kutcher generalized social anxiety scale for adolescents k. Indicate how much you have been bothered by that symptom during the past month, including today, by circling the number in the corresponding space in the column next to each symptom. The purpose of this study was to examine further the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the beck anxiety inventory bai in samples of adolescents, ages 14 to 18 years. Inventory raw score t score cumulative % severity level selfconcept bsciy 12 21 adolescent depression scale, the beck hopelessness scale, the beck anxiety inventory, the mmpia, and the suicidal behaviors questionnairerevised. The test anxiety inventory for children and adolescents. Despite the prominent use of the beck anxiety inventory bai in. Beck anxiety inventory below is a list of common symptoms of anxiety. The beck anxiety inventory bai was developed to address the need for an. Relationship of beck depression inventory factors to.
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