The development of a Xhosa translation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:A review of the literature shows the Beck-Depression Inventory (BOl), and its revisions, tohave received world-wide support over the past four decades as a screening instrumentfor depression, proving to be robust amongst various populations and in varioustranslations. Although popular amongst health care practitioners in South Africa, the BOland its revisions are, however, currently unstandardised amongst South Africanpopulations. This current research culminates in the development of a Xhosa translationof the latest revision of the BOl, the BOl-II that accurately reflects the contents of the BOlli,the BOl-Il-X. It is regarded as linguistically and grammatically robust enough to beeasily understood by a broad spectrum of Xhosa respondents. The development of theBDI-II-X is discussed, and suggestions regarding future research are given.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University