Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Children's Depression Inventory 2 Short Version as a Screening Tool: A Comparison With the Standard 28-Item Version.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the reliability and validity of the Korean version of Children's Depression Inventory 2 Short Version (CDI 2:S) in comparison with its full-length version (CDI 2) as a screening tool for depressive youth.

Methods

A total of 714 children from the community and 62 psychiatric patients were enrolled in this study. The Korean version of the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL-K) served as the reference standard for computing receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. To evaluate the ability of the CDI 2 and CDI 2:S to discriminate major depressive disorders, areas under the curves (AUCs) were compared. To investigate psychometric properties of the CDI 2:S, internal consistency was calcula

SUBMITTER: Cho Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795597 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature