Assessing clinical significance: application to the Beck Depression Inventory
LB Seggar, MJ Lambert, NB Hansen - Behavior Therapy, 2002 - Elsevier
Traditionally, psychotherapy outcome research has been analyzed using statistical tests of
significance. Inherent limitations in this approach, however, have contributed to the
assessment of clinical significance being advocated as a method by which to evaluate
change. In this study, Tingey, Lambert, Burlingame, and Hansen's (1996a, 1996b)
extensions and clarifications of Jacobson, Follette, and Revenstorf's (1984) method for
evaluating clinically significant change were applied to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; …
significance. Inherent limitations in this approach, however, have contributed to the
assessment of clinical significance being advocated as a method by which to evaluate
change. In this study, Tingey, Lambert, Burlingame, and Hansen's (1996a, 1996b)
extensions and clarifications of Jacobson, Follette, and Revenstorf's (1984) method for
evaluating clinically significant change were applied to the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; …
