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E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The purpose of this study was to examine factor structure of a Korean version of the BDI for clients with psychological disorders using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). Six models about factor structure of the BDI reported in previous studies were evaluated with CFA on the data of 295 clinical samples. A hierarchical three-factor model was considered to be most appropriate as well as parsimonious in describing the data. Additionally, it was inappropriate to assume that there is no correlation between the factors of the BDI. The results indicate that the hierarchical three-factor model developed and validated using Western nonclinical samples can be generalized to Korean clinical samples. Furthermore, they support the construct validity of the Korean version of BDI.