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Published in final edited form as: J Nerv Ment Dis. 2009 Mar;197(3):154–160. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318199f77b

TABLE 2.

Associations Between Acute and Chronic Stress and BDI Total and Subscale Scores

	BDI-IA n = 58				BDI-II n = 36
Type of stress	M (SD)	t	p	d	M (SD)	t	p	d
	Total scale score				Total scale score
Severe life event	27.50 (6.22)	1.22	0.23	0.57	34.55 (8.56)	2.76	0.009	0.99
No severe life event	23.60 (7.52)	1.22	0.23	0.57	26.12 (8.38)	2.76	0.009	0.99
Severe difficulty	22.78 (8.84)	0.54	0.59	0.18	27.00 (8.42)	0.44	0.66	0.22
No severe difficulty	24.26 (7.23)	0.54	0.59	0.18	28.97 (8.43)	0.44	0.66	0.22
	Cognitive subscale score				Cognitive subscale score
Severe life event	19.67 (4.46)	1.38	0.17	0.65	24.45 (6.72)	2.71	0.01	0.97
No severe life event	16.38 (5.60)	1.38	0.17	0.65	18.12 (6.31)	2.71	0.01	0.97
Severe difficulty	16.56 (5.83)	0.98	0.92	0.04	19.00 (6.60)	0.36	0.72	0.18
No severe difficulty	16.75 (5.56)	0.98	0.92	0.04	20.23 (7.15)	0.36	0.72	0.18
	Somatic subscale score				Somatic subscale score
Severe life event	7.83 (2.79)	0.46	0.65	0.21	10.09 (2.84)	2.01	0.06	0.71
No severe life event	7.21 (3.15)	0.46	0.65	0.21	8.00 (3.01)	2.01	0.06	0.71
Severe difficulty	6.22 (3.35)	1.11	0.27	0.39	8.00 (2.24)	0.49	0.62	0.27
No severe difficulty	7.47 (3.05)	1.11	0.27	0.39	8.74 (3.21)	0.49	0.62	0.27

See Beck et al. (1993) and Beck et al. (1996b) for information on the BDI-IA and BDI-II, respectively.