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20663570

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) has been used extensively in community-based surveys to describe and explain the prevalence of depression in the general population. Yet, questions have been raised regarding its adequacy for use among ethnic minority because of its factor variance. Employing a within-gender and race approach, we test the validity of the CES-D for use among a sample of African American women family caregivers. Using data from a cross-sectional community sample of 521 urban and rural African American women family caregivers, this study examines the dimensionality of the CES-D by testing four different measurement models through confirmatory factor analyses. Among the four measurement models tested using Weighted Least Squares estimation, our findings support previous research that has identified four dimensions in the CES-D: depressed affect, positive affect, somatic complaints, and interpersonal relations for our sample. Additionally, a three-factor (somatization) model and a four-factor model were shown to be equivalent. Implications for further measurement and model testing, and the use of the CES-D for research among African American women caregivers are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
179
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
107-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
An examination of the measurement adequacy of the CES-D among African American women family caregivers.
pubmed:affiliation
Adelphi University School of Social Work, One South Avenue Box 701, Garden City, NY 11530, United States. rozario@adelphi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural