ArticleBMC pediatrics2022
Reliability and structural validity of the Danish Short 4-item version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC4) in adolescents.
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- Internal Consistency and Validity of a Short Spanish Version (10-Items) of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children and Adolescents (CES-DC).Depression and anxiety · 2024Trial
- Developmental trajectories in mental health through adolescence and adulthood: does socio-economic status matter?Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Article
- Test-retest reliability and factor structure of the Danish 6-item version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-core depression (SCL-6) in adolescents.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Development of a simplified version of the smoking rationalization belief scale for Chinese male smokers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe 4-item version of the Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-DC
methodsUsing a sample of 72 adolescents 15 to 17 years of age from five 9
resultsThe estimated Cronbach's α was 0.61 (95% CI 0.50; 0.71). Inter-item and item-rest correlations indicated that one of the four items (item 20) did not fit well on the scale. CFA found a one-factor model suited for the scale, but the factor loadings indicated that item 20 contributed the least to measure the factor (0.29). Sum scores ranged from 0-9 within a possible interval of 0-12. There were no signs of systematic error of the scale. Limits of Agreement (-3.01; 3.79) were broad. The standard error of measurement (SEM = 1.25 point (95% CI.1.05; 1.47)) and intraclass correlation (ICC(2,1) = 0.60 (95% CI: 0.44; 0.73)) calculations showed low reliability of the CES-DC
conclusionThis study found low reliability of the CES-DC
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