The purpose of this article is to empirically determine the factor structure of the original Radloff's (1977) Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) on older Chinese immigrant population. The CES-D was administered to 76 older Chinese immigrants via telephone interviews. The confirmatory factor analysis results did not support the original four-factor theoretical structure, but did suggest a three-factor model. In addition, the three-factor version showed high internal consistency among the subscales. The results of the present study indicate that the revised CES-D scale reflects the differences in the manifestation of depression in the Chinese community of older adults. This scale should be validated further by replication. Implications for future research are presented.

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