Factor Structure of the CES-D and Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Mainland Chinese Adolescents

Mengcheng Wang; Cherie Armour; Yan Wu; Fen Ren; Xiongzhao Zhu; Shuqiao Yao

doi:10.1002/jclp.21978

Factor Structure of the CES-D and Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Mainland Chinese Adolescents

Mengcheng Wang, Cherie Armour, Yan Wu, Fen Ren, Xiongzhao Zhu, Shuqiao Yao^*

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Abstract

Objectives: The primary aim was to examine the depressive symptom structure of Mainland China adolescents using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Design: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were simultaneously conducted to determine the structure of the CES-D in a large scale, representative adolescent samples recruited from Mainland China. Multigroup CFA (N = 5059, 48% boys, mean = 16.55±1.06) was utilized to test the factorial invariance of the depressive symptom structure, which was generated by EFA and confirmed by CFA across gender. Results: The CES-D can be interpreted in terms of 3 symptom dimensions. Additionally, factorial invariance of the new proposed model across gender was supported at all assuming different degrees of invariance. Conclusion: Mainland Chinese adolescents have specific depressive symptom structure, which is consistent across gender.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	966-979
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Clinical Psychology
Volume	69
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21978
Publication status	Published - 01 Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

CES-D
Chinese adolescent
Depressive symptom
Factor structure
Factorial invariance

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Clinical Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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