by Aaron T. Beck, MD, Judith S. Beck, PhD, John B. Jolly, PsyD
Purpose: The new Beck Youth Inventories™ Second Edition (BYI-2) uses five self-report inventories to assess symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, disruptive behaviour, and self-concept in children and adolescents.
Age: 7 - 18 years
Admin: Self-report; Individual
Time: Forms - 5 minutes per inventory; Completion - 5 minutes per inventory
Norms: Representative of the U.S. population for age, gender, ethnicity, and social economic status
Qualification Level: B
Benefits
- Save time with brief screening tools to use by gatekeepers, and ability to administer individually or in a group.
- Monitor response to interventions and track students over time on the same group of integrated instruments.
- Assess adolescents with special needs and low reading level.
- Identify impaired children for referral to more extensive assessment services.
- Identify potential vulnerability to bully/victimization.
- Align assessments with DSM-IV criteria and IDEA compliance needs.
Features
Five inventories each contain 20 questions about thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with emotional and social impairment in youth. Children and adolescents describe how frequently the statement has been true for them during the past two weeks, including today.
- Depression Inventory: In line with the depression criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), this inventory allows for early identification of symptoms of depression. It includes items related to a child's or adolescent’s negative thoughts about self, life and the future, feelings of sadness and guilt, and sleep disturbance.
- Anxiety Inventory: Reflects children's and adolescents’ specific worries about school performance, the future, negative reactions of others, fears including loss of control, and physiological symptoms associated with anxiety.
- Anger Inventory: Evaluates a child's or adolescent’s thoughts of being treated unfairly by others, feelings of anger and hatred.
- Disruptive Behavior Inventory: Identifies thoughts and behaviours associated with conduct disorder and oppositional-defiant behavior.
- Self-Concept Inventory: Taps cognitions of competence, potency, and positive self-worth.
