Measurement invariance of the center for epidemiological studies depression scale (CES-D) among chinese and dutch elderly ... : ثبات قياس مركز الدراسات الوبائية مقياس الاكتئاب (CES - D) بين كبار السن الصينيين والهولنديين ...

Although previous studies using non- elderly groups have assessed the factorial invariance of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) across different groups with the same social-cultural backgrounds, few studies have tested the factorial invariance of the CES-D across two elderly groups from countries with different social cultures. The purposes of this study were to examine the factorial structure of the CES-D, and test its measurement invariance across two different national elderly populations.A total of 6806 elderly adults from China (n = 4903) and the Netherlands... Mehr ...