@article{ref1,
title="Psychometric characteristics of the CES-D scale in adolescents of San Juan de Pasto (Colombia)",
journal="Avances en psicologia latinoamericana",
year="2012",
author="Villalobos-Galvis, F.H. and Ortiz-Delgado, L.",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="328-340",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to explore the psychometric characteristics of the CES-D scale in a sample of adolesents attending high school in San Juan de Pasto (Colombia). An instrumental study was developed with the participation of 790 students who belonged to 6 educational institutions of the city (4 public and 2 private), with an average age of 13.8 years. It was found in this studythat the CES-D scale has a bifactor structure, in which the items were grouped in a depression factor (the original depressed mood, somatic and social scales were combined in that factor), while the items of well-being were maintained like in the source structure. The total scale showed an internal consistency of 0.89, while the factors had Cronbach's Alpha indexes of 0.9 (Depression) and 0.75 (Well-being). Finally, evidence of construct validity was found since significant positive relationships with suicide ideation and hopelessness scales, and significant negative relationships with social support and self-esteem were demonstrated. Descriptive statistics about total and factor scores were proposed. These results suggest that this instrument could be used to assess Colombian adolescent population.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1794-4724",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}