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| Structure of a depression measure among American Indian elders: confirmatory factor analysis of the CES-D scale | | Author(s) | Elizabeth E Chapleski, James K Lamphere, Richard Kaczynski |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 19, no 4, December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 462-485 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Native Americans ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined differences in depressive symptomatology among urban, rural off-reservation, and reservation-residing American Indians, aged 55 years or older, of the eastern Great Lakes region. It analysed the measurement structure of one commonly used depression scale, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), and tested alternative models for the full sample as well as the three residential strata. Results showed that a 12-item version developed for use with Mexican Americans provided a superior fit over the original 20-item version. The shortened scale included items more conceptually valid for this American Indian population. In addition, tests of invariance revealed that only the 12-item version had similar factor structures and factor loadings across the three residential strata. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980723404 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: TKH: 7T |
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