Publications by authors named "Eunju Jaekal"
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is one of the most widely used depression assessment tools in Korea. However, the psychometric properties and diagnostic cut-off point of the official Korean version of the BDI-II have not yet been reported. This study aims to clarify the psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the Korean BDI-II.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFew psychosocial approaches address the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, which shares common features with depression and anxiety. Behavioral activation (BA) is effective for addressing depression and anxiety in adults with various mental disorders. Motivational interviewing (MI) has been successfully applied to address ambivalence or lack of motivation toward treatment.
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- Acknowledging that negative symptoms in schizophrenia can be broken down into different factors may improve understanding and treatment options for affected individuals.
- The research tested if the negative symptoms factor from the PANSS is better explained by two distinct factors—expressive deficits and experiential deficits—rather than a single overall factor, using confirmatory factor analysis.
- Results showed that the two-factor model better fits the data, with specific relationships between certain negative symptoms indicating potential measurement errors, highlighting the importance of distinguishing between these factors for accurate assessment.