Search: WFRF:(Ghaderi Ata)
> (2015-2019) >
Evaluation of the C...
Evaluation of the Children's Depression Inventory-Short Version (CDI-S)
-
- Åhlén, Johan (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi,Uppsala Univ, Dept Psychol, POB 1225, SE-75142 Uppsala, Sweden.
-
- Ghaderi, Ata (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
-
(creator_code:org_t)
- 2017-09
- 2017
- English.
-
In: Psychological Assessment. - : American Psychological Association (APA). - 1040-3590 .- 1939-134X. ; 29:9, s. 1157-1166
- Related links:
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
show more...
-
https://doi.org/10.1...
-
http://kipublication...
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
show less...
Abstract
Subject headings
Close
- The Children's Depression Inventory-Short Version (CDI-S), an abbreviated version of the widely used Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), has been regularly used in recent research. In comparison to the original CDI, the CDI-S has not been rigorously evaluated for its psychometrics. The present study examined the dimensionality, convergent and discriminant validity, and gender differences of the CDI-S in a school-based sample of 809 children 8-12 years of age. All children completed the CDI-S. One subsample additionally completed another measure of depression, 1 subsample completed a measure of anxiety, and 1 subsample completed the CDI-S at a second occasion, after 2 weeks. Information regarding parents' education and household income were available for 476 children. We evaluated the dimensionality of the CDI-S in a series of exploratory factor analyses. Despite some evidence of multidimensionality, a bifactor model revealed that the variation of scores was primarily explained by variations of the general factor. Consequently, the CDI-S is most adequately interpreted as a univocal measure. The CDI-S showed high correlation to another measure of depression and a moderately high correlation to a measure of anxiety, with nonoverlapping confidence intervals. We also found that girls reported higher levels of depressive symptoms than did boys, and we found a negative correlation between depressive symptoms and socioeconomic factors for boys only. Future studies should preferably include a broader age range, to acquire a more comprehensive understanding of the validity of the CDI-S.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- depression
- Children's Depression Inventory
- factor structure
- gender differences
- socioeconomic status
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
Find in a library
To the university's database