The Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) has been used for decades to identify symptomatology of depression in individuals. Overtime, the factor structure of the scale has been both confirmed and challenged when applied to different population samples. The present study explores the factor structure in population sample consisting of impoverished African American parents (N=1,020), and the data were collected from the Mobile Youth Study (MYS). Two-, four-, and higher-order models were used to identify the best fitting model. The results indicate that the most parsimonious model is a two-factor structure.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Studies on Education |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | January 5, 2020 |
Submission Date | April 17, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 6 Issue: 4 |