Patterson M L, Greising L, Hyland L T, Burger G K
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA.
J Pers Assess. 1997 Dec;69(3):607-13. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6903_13.
Research on the constructs of childhood depression and anxiety has typically found that the 2 traits are highly correlated. In a study of the construct validity of childhood depression, anxiety, and aggression, Epkins and Meyers (1994) concluded that, despite some mixed results, the 3 constructs demonstrated adequate convergent and discriminant validity. We reexamined the results of the Epkins and Meyers study in 2 new analyses--a focused comparison of correlational patterns among the traits and a confirmatory factor analysis--and found no support for the discriminant validity of depression and anxiety and only weak support for their convergent validity.
对儿童抑郁和焦虑结构的研究通常发现，这两种特质高度相关。在一项关于儿童抑郁、焦虑和攻击性结构效度的研究中，埃普金斯和迈尔斯（1994年）得出结论，尽管结果有些参差不齐，但这三种结构表现出了足够的聚合效度和区分效度。我们在两项新的分析中重新审视了埃普金斯和迈尔斯研究的结果——对这些特质之间相关模式的重点比较以及验证性因素分析——结果发现，抑郁和焦虑的区分效度没有得到支持，其聚合效度也仅得到微弱支持。
