TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Measurement Equivalence Across Racial/Ethnic Groups of the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire for Childhood Depression
JO  - Journal of abnormal child psychology
A1  - Banh, My K.
A1  - Crane, Paul K.
A1  - Rhew, Isaac
A1  - Gudmundsen, Gretchen
A1  - van der Stoep, Ann
A1  - Lyon, Aaron
A1  - McCauley, Elizabeth
SP  - 353
EP  - 367
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0627
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9569-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -