Psychometric Properties of Reverse-Scored Items on the CES-D in a Sample of Ethnically Diverse Older Adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 558-562

  Carlson, Mike ^a   Wilcox, Rand ^a   Chou, Chih Ping ^b   Chang, Megan ^c   Yang, Frances ^d,e   Blanchard, Jeanine ^a   Marterella, Abbey ^a   Kuo, Ann ^a   Clark, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

CES D; Depression; Older adults; Reversed item format

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959319239     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022484     Document Type: Article

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