{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["34(3)"],"submitter":["Lindqvist Bagge AS"],"funding":["Swedish government and the county councils","Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse"],"pubmed_abstract":["Two of the most extensively utilized questionnaires for assessing symptoms of anxiety and depression are Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory-second version (BDI-II). Given the absence of normative data based on a representative Scandinavian cohort, the primary objective is to provide normative data from a representative Swedish general population sample and explore potential associations with sociodemographic variables. Data was collected 2019 from a pre-stratified Swedish adult population sample (n = 2622). The average mean value showed: a mild level of anxiety (8.7 ± 9.5) and a minimal level of depression (3.4 ± 5.6). Higher BAI and BDI-II scores were observed in women and younger individuals. There was an association between educational attainment and BDI-II scores, where those with a bachelor's degree or higher reported a lower depression score. Results show that BAI and BDI-II deviate from normality but demonstrate excellent internal consistency (McDonald's omega 0.92 and 0.91, respectively). BAI had a poor model fit (RMSEA) 0.11), while BDI-II had a fair model fit (RMSEA 0.08). The present study presents normative data for BAI and BDI-II based on a representative sample from the Swedish general population. The model fit was not ideal, indicating caution, particularly for BAI."],"journal":["International journal of methods in psychiatric research"],"pagination":["e70024"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12371443"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Normative Data for the Swedish Versions of the Beck Anxiety Index and Beck Depression Inventory-Version 2."],"pmcid":["PMC12371443"],"pubmed_authors":["Bagge RO","Lindqvist Bagge AS","Carlander A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Normative Data for the Swedish Versions of the Beck Anxiety Index and Beck Depression Inventory-Version 2.","description":"Two of the most extensively utilized questionnaires for assessing symptoms of anxiety and depression are Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory-second version (BDI-II). Given the absence of normative data based on a representative Scandinavian cohort, the primary objective is to provide normative data from a representative Swedish general population sample and explore potential associations with sociodemographic variables. Data was collected 2019 from a pre-stratified Swedish adult population sample (n = 2622). The average mean value showed: a mild level of anxiety (8.7 ± 9.5) and a minimal level of depression (3.4 ± 5.6). Higher BAI and BDI-II scores were observed in women and younger individuals. There was an association between educational attainment and BDI-II scores, where those with a bachelor's degree or higher reported a lower depression score. Results show that BAI and BDI-II deviate from normality but demonstrate excellent internal consistency (McDonald's omega 0.92 and 0.91, respectively). BAI had a poor model fit (RMSEA) 0.11), while BDI-II had a fair model fit (RMSEA 0.08). The present study presents normative data for BAI and BDI-II based on a representative sample from the Swedish general population. The model fit was not ideal, indicating caution, particularly for BAI.","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Sep","modification":"2026-05-08T20:11:42.942Z","creation":"2026-04-08T00:13:16.748Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12371443","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40843661"],"doi":["10.1002/mpr.70024"]}}