Applying structural equation modeling to report psychometric properties of Chinese version 10-item CES-D depression scale

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1511-1518

  Yu, Sen Chi ^a   Lin, Yuan Horng ^a   Hsu, Wei Hsin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Depression scale; Structural equation modeling; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872854481     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-011-9604-0     Document Type: Article

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