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BECK'S DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI)
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Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 07-29-2014
last updated: 11-07-2019 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Script Copyright © 11-07-2019 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) introduced in:
Beck, AT, Ward, CH, Mendeson, M, Mock, J. & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An Inventory for Measuring Depression.
Archives of General Psychiatry,6 , 561-571.
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OVERVIEW
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21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory
Note: by default, all questions require a response. To change, go to section QUESTIONS
and follow instructions
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 3 minutes to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'bdi_orig.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values: 0-3 with additional letters to reference response subcategories)
q*_latency: how much time the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular question
(the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'bdi_orig_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
Computer Platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
Date: date script was run
Time: time script was started
Subject ID: assigned subject id number
Group ID: assigned group id number
Session ID: Session ID (if repeated measure design)
Script Duration: time it took to run script (in ms)
Script Completion: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
q1-
q21: the numeric score (minus the letter suffix) for each question
totalscore_bdi: the sum of all numeric scores (range: 0-63)
assessment: According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_Depression_Inventory
0–9: indicates minimal depression;
10–18: indicates mild depression;
19–29: indicates moderate depression;
30–63: indicates severe depression.
Higher total scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms.
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INSTRUCTIONS
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no instructions published in Beck et al (1961). The provided instructions can be easily edited
under section Editable Parameters.
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EDITABLE CODE
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code
to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are:
/pageinstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage