Beck Youth Iventories

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The Beck Youth Inventories for Children and Adolescents was created by Judith S. Beck, Aaron T. Beck, John B. Jolly and Robert A. Steer. It is comprised of five self- reports that focus on and measure on how a child/adolescent with possible emotional/behavioral issues currently feels. The inventories are effective tools that are administered by professionals in professional settings allowing confidentiality. The inventories focus on feelings of depression, anxiety, disruptive behavior, self-concept and anger. It was designed for individuals between the ages of 7 and 18. The purposes of the inventories are to help clinicians recognize and diagnose potential emotional and behavioral dangers. The inventories used include, the Beck Anger Inventory for Youth (BANI-Y), the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth (BDI-Y), the Beck Disruptive Behavior Inventory for Youth (BDBI-Y), the Beck Anxiety Inventory for Youth (BAI-Y), and the Beck Self-Concept Inventory for Youth (BSCI-Y). Each inventory contains 20 questions. Each of the questions are answered on a Likert scale from 0 to 4 The scale is 0-Never, 1-Sometimes, 2-Often, and 3-Always. The questions are easy to comprehend and were written for a child with a second grade reading level. The inventories emphasize that there are no wrong or right answer, allowing the examinee to feel more comfortable. The test does not allow for any bias and it is straightforward. The examinees are allowed 5 to 10 minutes to answer the questions. The results of the inventories are calculated into raw scores and t scores. The raw scores are transformed into t scores which determine where the child’s answers are amongst a standardized sample. The inventories use internal consistency assessed by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients. The inventories are reliable and have fair validity. The advantages of the inventories are that they are reliable

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