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Psychometric Meta‐Analysis of the English Version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory
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Psychometric Meta‐Analysis of the English Version of the Beck Anxiety Inventory

Gerta Bardhoshi, Kelly Duncan and Bradley T Erford
Journal of counseling and development, Vol.94(3), pp.356-373
07/2016
DOI: 10.1002/jcad.12090

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Abstract

This meta‐analysis reviewed 192 scholarly works from 1993 to 2013 using the Beck Anxiety Inventory (Beck & Steer, ). Aggregated internal consistency (coefficient alpha) was .91 (k = 117), and test–retest reliability was .65 (k = 18). Convergent comparisons were robust across 33 different anxiety instruments and the Beck Depression Inventory–II (Beck, Steer, & Brown, ). Structural validity primarily supported the original 2‐factor solution proposed by Beck and Steer (), and diagnostic accuracy varied according to the sample size and criterion cutoff score.
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