. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 20.

Published in final edited form as: J Pers Assess. 2008 Sep;90(5):521–523. doi: 10.1080/00223890802248919

Table 1.

BDI–II item descriptives and two-factor model coefficients.

First-Order Factor	Item	Item M	Item SD	Corrected Item-Total Correlation^a	Two Factor Model Coefficient	SE
Somatic
	4. Loss of pleasure	1.40	0.94	.63	.808	.105
	10. Crying	1.46	1.09	.47	.622	.122
	11. Agitation	1.33	1.06	.58	.789	.118
	12. Loss of interest	1.56	1.12	.66	1.0^b
	13. Indecisiveness	1.34	1.06	.59	.820	.117
	15. Loss of energy	1.57	0.89	.64	.734	.099
	16. Changes in sleeping pattern	1.95	1.13	.54	.789	.126
	17. Irritability	1.39	1.05	.70	.982	.116
	18. Change in appetite	1.57	1.10	.55	.782	.122
	19. Concentration difficulty	1.41	0.88	.70	.770	.097
	20. Tiredness or fatigue	1.42	1.03	.69	.934	.114
	21. Loss of interest in sex	1.08	1.05	.51	.702	.117
Cognitive-Affective
	1. Sadness	1.43	1.07	.59	.876	.142
	2. Pessimism	1.38	1.08	.61	.934	.146
	3. Past failure	1.52	1.02	.69	.886	.138
	5. Guilty feelings	1.25	.089	.53	.645	.115
	6. Punishment feelings	1.69	1.33	.56	1.0^b
	7. Self-dislike	1.60	1.07	.62	.845	.140
	8. Self-criticism	1.77	1.11	.52	.800	.143
	9. Suicidal thoughts or wishes	1.30	1.06	.65	.983	.146
	14. Worthlessness	1.43	1.03	.65	.926	.140

Second-Order Factor	First-Order Factor	Mean	SD	Cronbach’s α	Coefficient	SE

Depression		30.55	14.35	.94
	Somatic	17.37	8.36	.89	.785	.109
	Cognitive-Affective	13.24	6.74	.87	.774	.087

Note. BDI–II = Beck Depression Inventory–II. Factor loadings reported are unstandardized path coefficients; n = 133 African American suicide attempters; all coefficients (factor loadings) significant at p<.01. Responses to all items revealed the full response range of 0 to 3.

Corrected item-total correlations are estimated among the items in each first-order factor.

Regression path constrained at 1.000; therefore, no standard error reported.