Measuring depression in adolescence: Evaluation of a hierarchical factor model of the Children's Depression Inventory and measurement invariance across boys and girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the most widely used instruments to measure depression in childhood and adolescence is Kovacs's Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). Even though this particular measure sparked massive interest among researchers, there is no clear consensus about its factorial structure. It has been suggested that inconsistencies in findings can be partly ascribed to the cultural context. The aim of this study was a) to examine and verify the factor structure of CDI in the Czech population and b) to assess gender-related psychometric differences using the mean and covariance structure (MACS) approach and differential item functioning (DIF) analysis.

Methods

The research sample consisted of 1,515 adolescents (ages 12 to 16 years, 53.7% female) from a non-clinical general p

SUBMITTER: Jelinek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8031460 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature