@article{ref1,
title="Measurement Equivalence Across Racial/Ethnic Groups of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire for Childhood Depression",
journal="Journal of abnormal child psychology",
year="2012",
author="Banh, My K. and Crane, Paul K. and Rhew, Isaac and Gudmundsen, Gretchen and van der Stoep, Ann and Lyon, Aaron and McCauley, Elizabeth",
volume="40",
number="3",
pages="353-367",
abstract="As research continues to document differences in the prevalence of mental health problems such as depression across racial/ethnic groups, the issue of measurement equivalence becomes increasingly important to address. The Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ) is a widely used screening tool for child and adolescent depression. This study applied a differential item functioning (DIF) framework to data from a sample of 6th and 8th grade students in the Seattle Public School District (N = 3,593) to investigate the measurement equivalence of the MFQ. Several items in the MFQ were found to have DIF, but this DIF was associated with negligible individual- or group-level impact. These results suggest that differences in MFQ scores across groups are unlikely to be caused by measurement non-equivalence.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-0627",
doi="10.1007/s10802-011-9569-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9569-4"
}