School of Nursing; School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, USA.
Arch Womens Ment Health. 2009 Dec;12(6):433-40. doi: 10.1007/s00737-009-0096-z. Epub 2009 Jul 29.
The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale has widespread use internationally with adult women, but few psychometric properties have been described for samples of adolescent mothers. The purpose of this paper is to validate the psychometric properties of the EPDS in a sample of adolescent mothers (n = 149) in a southern, urban area of the United States. Internal consistency reliability was .88. Principal components analysis supported a two factor structure accounting for 60% of variance. Results of item response theory analysis suggest that the EPDS and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression Scale have similar psychometric properties. This data can be used to provide evidence of construct validity of the EPDS. The study provides a foundation for further psychometric testing of the instrument.
爱丁堡产后抑郁量表在国际上广泛应用于成年女性，但针对青少年母亲样本的心理测量特性描述较少。本文的目的是验证爱丁堡产后抑郁量表在一个美国南部城市地区的青少年母亲样本（n = 149）中的心理测量特性。内部一致性信度为.88。主成分分析支持一个能解释 60%方差的两因素结构。项目反应理论分析的结果表明，爱丁堡产后抑郁量表和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表具有相似的心理测量特性。这些数据可用于提供爱丁堡产后抑郁量表结构效度的证据。该研究为进一步对该工具进行心理测量测试奠定了基础。
