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Wu, Pei-Chen – Social Indicators Research, 2010
The objectives of this study were (a) to investigate whether items of the Chinese version of Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II-C; "Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation" in "Manual for the Beck Depression Inventory-II" [in Chinese]. The Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation, Taiwan, 2000) exhibited DIF across adolescent…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Females, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Byrne, Barbara M.; Campbell, T. Leanne – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1999
Demonstrates the extent to which item-score data can vary across cultures despite measurements from an instrument in which factorial structure is specified in each group. Scores from the Beck Depression Inventory for 658 Canadian, 1,096 Swedish, and 691 Bulgarian high school students illustrate the differences. Discusses implications for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Depression (Psychology), Factor Structure