Children's Depression Inventory in Estonia: Single items and factor structure by age and gender

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-170

  Samm, Algi ^a,b   Värnik, Airi ^a,b,c   Tooding, Liina Mai ^b   Sisask, Merike ^a,c   Kõlves, Kairi ^a   Von Knorring, Anne Liis ^d  

^a Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI)   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood depression; Children's Depression Inventory (CDI); Multifactorial structure; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; ESTONIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; ESTONIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 43149112809     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0650-z     Document Type: Article

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