Test of item-response bias in the CES-D scale: Experience from the New Haven EPESE Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-289

  Cole, Stephen R ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Maller, Susan J ^c   Berkman, Lisa F ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CES D; Depressive symptoms; Item response bias; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONNECTICUT; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034102924     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00151-1     Document Type: Article

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