Does the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale measure the same constructs across time?

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 793-804

  Cunningham, Nadia K ^a   Brown, Philippa M ^b   Page, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; Factor analysis; Measurement invariance; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; AUSTRALIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84945438967     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0485-9     Document Type: Article

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