کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
880989 911699 2013 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The factorial invariance of the CES-D during adolescence: Are symptom profiles for depression stable across gender and time?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The factorial invariance of the CES-D during adolescence: Are symptom profiles for depression stable across gender and time?
چکیده انگلیسی

This study examined the factorial invariance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression Scale (CES-D) across gender and time during adolescence. The factor structure of the CES-D was compared at four annual measurement waves in a community sample of 2650 Australian adolescents. Confirmatory factor analyses showed that the factor structure of the CES-D was generally invariant across gender and time. However, gender differences were found on three items: for all waves the item ‘I had crying spells’ was a stronger indicator for depressive affect in females than males. On the final three waves the item ‘people were unfriendly’ loaded significantly higher on the factor ‘Interpersonal Relations’ for males than females. On Wave 2 and 3 males interpreted the item ‘everything I did was an effort’ with a positive connotation, whereas females interpret it with a negative association. These gender-differences are discussed from both a theoretical and a methodological perspective.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Adolescence - Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 181–190
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