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Factor Structure of the CES‐D and Measurement Invariance Across Gender in Mainland Chinese Adolescents
Author(s) -
Wang Mengcheng,
Armour Cherie,
Wu Yan,
Ren Fen,
Zhu Xiongzhao,
Yao Shuqiao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.21978
Subject(s) - measurement invariance , mainland china , psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , clinical psychology , factorial , exploratory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , structural equation modeling , depressive symptoms , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , psychometrics , developmental psychology , china , statistics , cognition , psychiatry , cartography , mathematics , geography , mathematical analysis , archaeology
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.