Department of Psychological Studies in Education and Human Development, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 28;20(15):6470. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20156470.
Depression is a common and debilitating condition that impacts individuals with various cultural backgrounds, medical conditions, and life circumstances. Thus, assessment tools need to be useful among different cultural groups. The 21-item Teate Depression Inventory (TDI) was developed in Italy, is designed to assess major depression, and focuses on cognitive and affective rather than somatic symptoms. This study aims to examine the factor structure and concurrent validity of the TDI English version among a non-clinical population in the United States. Participants included 398 adults (mean age 19.89 years, SD = 2.72, range: 18 to 46 years old) who completed the TDI and The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised (CESD-R). The results supported a three-factor bifactor structure of the TDI (Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Daily Functioning), which largely corresponds to the Tripartite Model of affective disorders. These findings support the use of TDI scores as measures of depressive symptoms among U.S. young adults, offering researchers and practitioners a brief and useful tool.
抑郁是一种常见且使人虚弱的状况，影响着具有不同文化背景、医疗状况和生活环境的个体。因此，评估工具需要在不同的文化群体中都有效。21 项 Teate 抑郁量表（TDI）由意大利开发，旨在评估重度抑郁，重点关注认知和情感症状，而不是躯体症状。本研究旨在检验 TDI 英文版本在美国非临床人群中的因子结构和同时效度。参与者包括 398 名成年人（平均年龄 19.89 岁，标准差 = 2.72，范围：18 至 46 岁），他们完成了 TDI 和流行病学研究中心抑郁量表修订版（CESD-R）。结果支持 TDI 的三因素双因素结构（积极情绪、消极情绪和日常功能），这在很大程度上与情感障碍的三分模型相对应。这些发现支持在美国家庭使用 TDI 分数作为评估年轻人抑郁症状的指标，为研究人员和从业者提供了一种简洁有用的工具。
