Citation

Lambert SF, McCreary BT, Joiner TE, Schmidt NB, Ialongo NS. J. Consult. Clin. Psychol. 2004; 72(5): 904-908.

Affiliation

Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. slambert@gwu.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/0022-006X.72.5.904

PMID

15482049

Abstract

In this study, the authors examined the validity of the tripartite model of anxiety and depression in a community epidemiological sample of 467 urban African American youth. Participants completed the Baltimore How I Feel, a measure of anxiety and depressive symptoms, in Grades 6 and 9. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a 3-factor model representing the tripartite model fit the data well and better than competing models. Longitudinal confirmatory factor analysis revealed configural invariance of the tripartite factor structure. However, a predicted divergence among dimensions over time was not evidenced. High correlations among the tripartite dimensions suggest that anxiety and mood symptoms may not differentiate in urban youth.

RESULTS are discussed in terms of the ethnicity and urban context of this community sample.

Language: en