The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item self-report inventory that measures symptoms of depression such as sadness, pessimism, sense of failure, loss of pleasure, guilt, punishment, self-dislike, suicidal thoughts, crying, irritability, social withdrawal, indecision, body image, work difficulty, insomnia, fatigue, appetite loss, weight loss, health concerns, and loss of interest in sex. Scores on the BDI range from 0-63, with higher scores indicating more severe depressive symptoms. The BDI demonstrates good reliability and validity in assessing the severity of depression.

1. BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY
On this questionnaire are groups of statements. Please read each group of statements
carefully. Then pick out the one statement in each group that best describes the way you have
been feeling the past week, including today! Circle the number beside the statement you picked.
I do not feel sad ----- 0
Ifeel sad -1
I am sad all the time and Icannot snap out of it - - - -
I am so sad or unhappy that I cannot stand it ----- 3
I am not particularly discouraged about the future ----- 0
I feel discouraged about the future -----1
I feel I have nothing to look forward to --- 2
I feel that the future is hopeless and that things cannot improve ---3
3 I do not feel like a failure ---0
Ifeel I have failed more than the average person----- 1|
As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lotoffailures-2
I feel I ama complete failure as
a person ---3
I get as much satisfaction out ofthings as I used to do ----0
I do not enjoy things the way I used to ----- 1
I do not get real satisfaction out ofanything anymore--2
I am dissatisfied or bored with everything-3
I do not feel particularly guilty --- 0
Ifeel guilty a good part ofthe time
I feel quite guilty most ofthetime---2
5
----- 1
I feel guilty all of the time ----- 3
6 I don't feel I am being punished- 0
I have a feeling that something bad may happen to me - 1
I feel I am being punished or will be punished ----- 2
I feel I desserve to be punished - - - - -
3-a
want to be punished - - - - -
3-b
7 I do not feel disappointed in myself ----- 0
Tam disappointed in myself ----- 1
Tam disgusted with myself----- 2
I hate myself ----- 3
I do not feel I am worse than anybody else --0
I am very critical about myself for my weaknesses or mistakes-- 1
I blame my self for everything bad that happens---- 2
I feel I have many faults--- 3

2. I do not have any thoughts of harming myself- 0
9
I have thoughts of harming myself, but I would not carry them out - - 1
1 feel I would be better off dead--- 2-a
I have definite plans about committing suicide ----- 2-b
Ifeel my family would be betteroffifIwere dead2-c
I would kill myselfifI could----- 3
10 1 do not cry anymore than usual - 0
I cry more now than l used to -1
I cry all the time now I cannot stop it ---2
I used to be able to cry but now I cannot cry at all even though I want to ----- 3
11 I am more irritated now than I everam----- 0
I get annoyed or irritated more easily than I used to ---- 1
I feel irritated all the time----- 2
I do not get irritated at all at the things that used to irritate me ----- 3
12 I have not lost interest in other people -----0
I am less interested in other people now than I used to be - 1
have lost most of my interest in other people and have little feeling for them2
I have lost all my interest in other people and do not care about them at all - - 3
13 I make decisions about as well as ever - - - - -
I am less sure of myself now and try to put off making decisions--1
I cannot make decisions anymore without help--- 2
I cannot make any decisions at all any more----- 3
14 I do not feel I look any worse than I used to - - -
0
I am worried thatI am looking old or unattractive - - -
1
I feel that there are permanent changes in my appearance and they make me
unattractive ----- 2
I feel that I am ugly and repulsive looking- 3
15 I can work about as well as before - - - - -
0
It takes extra effort to get started at doing something-- 1-a
I do not work as well as I used to - - - - -
1-b
I have to push myself very hard to do anything---- 2
I can not do anywork at all ---3
16 I can sleep as well as before--- 0
I wake up more tired than the morning that I used to - -
1
I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep- 2
I wake up early every day and can not get more than 5 hours sleep----- 3
17 I do not get any more tired than usual - - - - -
0
I get tired more easily than I used to-----1
I get tired from doing anything - - - - -
2
I get too tired to do anything----3

3. 18 My appetite is noworse than usual- 0
My appetite is not as good as it used to be ----
My appetite is much worse now 2
Thavenoappetite at all any more--3
19 I have not lost much weight,if any, lately--- 0
I have lost more than 5 pounds-- 1
I have lost more than 10 pounds----- 2
I have lost more than 15 pounds---- 3
20 I am no more concerned about my health than usual--- 0
I am concerned about aches and pains or upset stomach or constipation or other unpleasant
feelings in my body --- 1
am so concerned with how I feel or what I feel that it's hard to think of much else----- 2
I am completely absorbed in what Ifeel-3
21 I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex ----0
I am less interested insexthan I used to be--1
I am much less interested in sex now ----- 2
I have lost interest in sex completely --3

4. BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY (BDI)
This 21 -
item inventory devised by Beck et al. (1961) measures cognitive, affective and
vegetative symptoms of depression. It assesses severity of both symptoms and attitudes specific to
depressed individuals. The score for each item ranges from 0-3 and the range of the total score is
0 63. A score between: 0-9 indicates no depression; between 10-19 mild depression; 20-25
moderate depression; and 26+ severe depression. Reliability coefficient for the BDI includes
correlations between each item and the total score ranging from 0.31-0.68, and the split half
reliability ranging from 0.86-0.93 (Back, steer & Garbin, 1988).