Validation of the Eight-Item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) Among Older Adults

Current Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 681-692

  Karim, Jahanvash ^a   Weisz, Robert ^b   Bibi, Zainab ^a   ur Rehman, Shafiq ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b University Aix Marseille   (France)

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

CES D 8; Depression; Factorial validity; Nomological validity; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953370281     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-014-9281-y     Document Type: Article

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