The psychometric properties of Beck Depression Inventory for adolescent depression in a primary-care paediatric setting in India

Table 2 Factor loadings of the 21-item two-factor structure of the BDI ^{a, b}

	Factors
BDI items	Somatic symptoms	Mood-negative symptoms
1. sadness	.48	.19
2. Pessimism	.21	.35
3. Past failure	-.20	.76
4. Loss of pleasure	.34	.14
5. Guilty feelings	.27	.17
6. Punishment feelings	.01	.58
7. Self dislike	-.06	.79
8. Self criticalness	.46	.03
9. Suicidal thoughts and wishes	.27	.35
10. Crying	.67	-.21
11. Agitation	.74	-.29
12. Loss of interest	.20	.19
13. Indecisiveness	.42	.25
14. Worthlessness	.17	.42
15. Loss of energy	.46	-.01
16. Changes in sleeping pattern	.51	-.06
17. Irritability	.44	.22
18. Changes in appetite	.31	.33
19. Concentration difficulty	.48	.02
20. Tiredness or fatigue	.67	.06
21. Loss of sex in interest	-.13	.42

NOTE: BDI = Beck Depression Inventory. N = 178 adolescents.
^a Principal component analysis. Rotation method: Promax with Kaiser normalization.
^b = Loadings > 0.50.

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