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Responses to CES ‐ D : E uropean A merican Versus K orean A merican Adolescents
Author(s) -
Kim Eunjung,
Landis Andrea M.,
Cain Kevin K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12050
Subject(s) - center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , demography , affect (linguistics) , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , anxiety , communication , sociology
Problem No study has examined variations in the responses to CES ‐ D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) scoring among different ethnic group adolescents. Methods This study compared response differences to CES ‐ D between 51 E uropean A merican and 58 K orean A merican ( KA ) adolescents. Findings Thirty‐nine percent of KA adolescents reported higher depressive symptoms compared to 33% E uropean A merican adolescents. Controlling for child age, significant mean differences were found on six items between the two groups. When within‐group difference was examined among KA adolescents using a bi‐dimensional acculturation approach, no differences were found except one item. Conclusions KA adolescents did not show response bias toward positive affect items in CES ‐ D when compared to E uropean A merican adolescents.