González-Forteza Catalina, Jiménez-Tapia José Alberto, Ramos-Lira Luciana, Wagner Fernando A
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, México.
Salud Publica Mex. 2008 Jul-Aug;50(4):292-9. doi: 10.1590/s0036-36342008000400007.
To assess the internal consistency, as well as the construct, concurrent and external consistency of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-R) in Mexican adolescents.
The data are from two samples of middle-school students from Mexico City. The questionnaire included the CES-D-R and other scales for suicide problems, peer and family violence, and drug use.
The sample included 1,549 students (mean age 14 years, SD=1.2). The CES-D-R showed a six-factor structure (explained variance, 55%) with an excellent internal consistency (a=0.93), a significant discriminative power for opposite scores (z=-3.695, p<0.001), and a positive significant correlation with the Roberts Suicidal Ideation Scale (r=0.685, p<0.001).
The CES-D-R has excellent psychometric characteristics for Mexican adolescents and therefore is deemed as an adequate tool for the assessment of depressive symptoms in large samples to detect mental health needs and design preventive interventions.
评估流行病学研究中心抑郁量表（CES-D-R）在墨西哥青少年中的内部一致性、结构效度、同时效度和外部一致性。
数据来自墨西哥城的两个中学生样本。问卷包括CES-D-R以及其他关于自杀问题、同伴和家庭暴力、药物使用的量表。
样本包括1549名学生（平均年龄14岁，标准差=1.2）。CES-D-R呈现六因素结构（解释方差为55%），具有出色的内部一致性（α=0.93），对相反分数具有显著的区分能力（z=-3.695，p<0.001），并且与罗伯茨自杀意念量表呈显著正相关（r=0.685，p<0.001）。
CES-D-R对墨西哥青少年具有出色的心理测量学特征，因此被认为是评估大样本中抑郁症状以检测心理健康需求和设计预防干预措施的合适工具。
