%0 Journal Article %1 Melchior-etal1993 %A Melchior, Lisa A. %A Huba, G. J. %A Brown, Vivian B. %A Reback, Cathy J. %D 1993 %J Educational and Psychological Measurement %K CES-D8 depression %N 4 %P 1117-1125 %R 10.1177/0013164493053004024 %T A short depression index for women %U http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/1117.pdf %V 53 %X The CES-D is a well-known index of acute depressive symptoms experienced over a 7-day period that has been used in literally hundreds of studies. This article presents the psychometric derivation of 8- and 4-item screening versions of the CES-D for use in research with community-based samples. These short depressive symptom indices can be used in those instances where a brief assessment is needed for broad screening or research purposes. Using data from a heterogeneous community sample of 411 women, the 8-item CES-D was found to correlate .93 with the full 20-item CES-D while the 4-item CES-D was found to correlate .87 with the full CES-D. In a second sample of 83 women in a residential drug abuse program, the 8- and 4-item measures correlated .54 and .47, respectively, with the BPI Depression scale.

@article{Melchior-etal1993, abstract = {The CES-D is a well-known index of acute depressive symptoms experienced over a 7-day period that has been used in literally hundreds of studies. This article presents the psychometric derivation of 8- and 4-item screening versions of the CES-D for use in research with community-based samples. These short depressive symptom indices can be used in those instances where a brief assessment is needed for broad screening or research purposes. Using data from a heterogeneous community sample of 411 women, the 8-item CES-D was found to correlate .93 with the full 20-item CES-D while the 4-item CES-D was found to correlate .87 with the full CES-D. In a second sample of 83 women in a residential drug abuse program, the 8- and 4-item measures correlated .54 and .47, respectively, with the BPI Depression scale. }, added-at = {2007-12-11T14:57:58.000+0100}, author = {Melchior, Lisa A. and Huba, G. J. and Brown, Vivian B. and Reback, Cathy J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21d6cab2bae7c059650fc9e0d5d8dec51/gindo}, description = {Short depression index (CES-D 8 items)}, doi = {10.1177/0013164493053004024}, interhash = {547e843fe0329b38a1a3ca5b551afa2b}, intrahash = {1d6cab2bae7c059650fc9e0d5d8dec51}, journal = {Educational and Psychological Measurement}, keywords = {CES-D8 depression}, number = 4, pages = {1117-1125}, timestamp = {2007-12-11T14:57:58.000+0100}, title = {A short depression index for women}, url = {http://epm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/1117.pdf}, volume = 53, year = 1993 }