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- Title
Aplicación de la Escala de Depresión del Center of Epidemiological Studies en adolescentes de la Ciudad de México.
- Authors
González-Forteza, Catalina; Jiménez-Tapia, José Alberto; Ramos-Lira, Luciana; Wagner, Fernando A.
- Abstract
Objective. To assess the internal consistency, as well as the construct, concurrent and external consistency of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-R) in Mexican adolescents. Material and Methods. The data are from two samples of middle-school students from Mexico City. The questionnaire included the CES-D-R and other scales for suicide problems, peer and family violence, and drug use. Results. The sample included 1 549 students (mean age 14 years, SD=1.2). The CES-D-R showed a six-factor structure (explained variance, 55%) with an excellent internal consistency (á=0.93), a significant discriminative power for opposite scores (z=-3.695, p<0.001), and a positive significant correlation with the Roberts Suicidal Ideation Scale (r=0.685, p<0.001). Conclusions. The CES-D-R has excellent psychometric characteristics for Mexican adolescents and therefore is deemed as an adequate tool for the assessment of depressive symptoms in large samples to detect mental health needs and design preventive interventions.
- Subjects
TEENAGERS; STUDENTS; MIDDLE schools; MENTAL depression; VIOLENCE; MENTAL health
- Publication
Salud Pública de México, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
0036-3634
- Publication type
Article