THE CES-D - 4 OR 5 FACTORS

Authors
THORSON JA POWELL FC
Citation
Ja. Thorson et Fc. Powell, THE CES-D - 4 OR 5 FACTORS, Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 31(6), 1993, pp. 577-578
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychologym Experimental
Journal title
Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00905054
Volume
31
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
577 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-5054(1993)31:6<577:TC-4O5>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) generall y has four subscales, based on original factor analytic studies. Our u se of the CES-D with a random sample of 400 adults reveals a five-fact or solution when data is subjected to a principal components factor an alysis with a varimax rotation. This accounts for several items that d id not load on previous factor analyses and may indicate the appropria teness of a fifth subscale.