Social Forces
Volume 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1567-1602

What are we measuring? An evaluation of the CES-D across race/ethnicity and immigrant generation (Review)

Perreira K.M.* , Deeb-Sossa N. , Harris K.M. , Bollen K.
  • a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States, Department of Public Policy, Abernethy Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3435, United States
  • b University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
  • c University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States
  • d University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States

Abstract

The sociological study of the mental health of racial-ethnic minorities depends on the measurement quality of the instruments used to evaluate mental health. A commonly used instrument in research on mental health disparities, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), has not been thoroughly validated for use in the multiethnic and foreign-born populations currently living in the U.S. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this analysis provides the first multiethnic evaluation and psychometric analysis of the CES-D by acculturation level among youth ages 12-20. Correcting for the measurement problems contained in the CES-D improves the ability to detect differences in depression across ethnocultural groups, and to identify relationships between depression and other outcomes. © The University of North Carolina Press.

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ISSN: 00377732
Cited by: 171
Original Language: English