Factor structure of the CES-D in an impoverished African American sample

Authors : Mitchell PORTER, Youn-jeng CHOİ, Sara TOMEK

Pages : 592-601

Doi:10.21449/ijate.554755

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Publication Date : 2020-01-05

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N=1,020);, and the data were collected from the Mobile Youth Study insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(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.
Keywords : Factor analysis, CES D, African American, Impoverished